Bladder snails (flash sale -40%)

Flash sale: 40% off while stocks last, until Wednesday, October 28 at 11:59 p.m. only

A small, unassuming snail that loves algae and is therefore a good cleaner. Very active during the day, it is fascinating to observe and breeds readily.

Bladder snails are, along with pond snails, the most common snails in our streams and ponds.
Unlike pond snails, bladder snails do not attack live plants, making them preferable in aquariums.
Avoid collecting these snails in the wild for one simple reason: they are reservoirs for certain parasite life cycles involving fish, and could therefore infect your tank inhabitants. Several generations of breeding without fish are needed to break these parasite life cycles.
Aside from this, the bladder snail is a charming little snail that is active during the day, small in size, and very prolific when conditions allow.
Its only serious predator is the glossiphonia, a small, harmless leech that we offer to keep its population in check when it becomes invasive.
Bladder snails do a great deal of cleaning, particularly by eating algae off aquarium glass, but also by helping to dispose of dead fish and various other creatures. They multiply when algae are abundant, and their numbers decline when the environment becomes poorer in algae. They are therefore an excellent indicator.
There is no need to feed them, as the natural biological cycle provides enough for them.
They are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both sexes, but they need a partner to reproduce.
Unlike Malaysian Trumpet Snails, bladder snails also breathe atmospheric air at the surface. They therefore regularly come up to breathe.
They do well both outdoors and indoors, even during severe winter freezes.

Approx. weight: 30g