🐌 Snail Mail: Care Instructions

 “Feed me, Seymour!”

Welcome to your baby snail care guide! Whether you’re brand new to snails or a seasoned shell-raiser, this page has everything you need to keep your tiny tank friends happy, healthy, and growing strong. From feeding tips to reordering food, it’s all right here—no MYSTERY about it! 😄 🐌 

Mystery Snail Quick-Care Guide

(Pomacea diffusa - - -  the Peaceful Mystery Snail)

From  “Trumble Treasures”

🌿 Welcome to the Snail Family!
Thank you for giving a peaceful little Mystery Snail a loving home. These gentle creatures bring calm beauty to any aquarium and deserve thoughtful care. This quick guide will help you create the perfect home for your new shelled friend.

💧 Tank Basics

• Tank Size: Minimum 5 gallons per snail,  they’re big waste producers!

• Water Quality: Keep clean, stable water; ammonia = 0, nitrites = 0, nitrates < 40 ppm.

 

• Temperature: 72–80°F

• pH: 7.2–8.2

 

• Hardness: Moderate; avoid soft water (it weakens shells).

• Filtration: Gentle but effective,  they enjoy calm water but need good circulation.

🩵 Behavior & Compatibility

• Plant Safe: They don’t eat healthy plants,  just dying leaves and algae.

• Tankmates: Peaceful fish (tetras, guppies, mollies, cory cats, shrimp). Avoid aggressive species, especially  loaches.

• Social Life: Can live alone or with others, but they love exploring their environment.

🍃 Feeding Facts

• Mystery snails are not algae-eating machines, they need real food!

• Feed once daily or every other day, removing uneaten food after a few hours.

• Favorites: Blanched veggies (green beans, spinach, zucchini, slices of sweet potato), algae wafers, shrimp pellets, and calcium-rich foods for healthy shells.

🌈 Bonus Tips

• Calcium: Add a cuttlebone or calcium supplement to strengthen shells.

• Lids: They can climb — keep your lid closed or water level a bit low.

• Tankmates breeding? No worries! Mystery snails can’t reproduce without both a male and female.

💚 I Love You, Pass It On — Spread kindness… even to the smallest creatures.

Mystery Snail Snack Sampler

From the ILYPIO Snailery 🐌 

I Love You, Pass It On

Snack-pack contents: 

Your snail’s favorite foods — sample a little of everything!

🌿 Everyday Nutrition

Aquatic Foods & Blackworm Co.

Spirulina, Algae & Veggie Wafers

→  Drop one piece per snail every 1–2 days

→  Remove leftovers after 12 hours

💪 Shell & Growth Support

KatsAquatics Calcium + Nutrition Wafers

(Collard Greens & Beet)

→  One small piece weekly or as needed

→  Builds strong, healthy shells

🍖 Special Treat

Dried Bloodworms

→  Tiny pinch once a week

→  Protein boost (snails are omnivores!)

💚 House Favorites

🥫 Canned green beans (rinsed)

🍠 Par-cooked sweet potato slices

💧 Keep water clean, pH 7.2–8.2, and always provide calcium (cuttlebone or crushed coral).

I Love You, Pass It On 🐌 

Spread kindness — even to the smallest creatures.