Species of Mystery Snail Matters
Mystery snails are not a single species. It is just a name for marketing purposes. Some of the apple / mystery snail species do not eat plants. I have a tank full of a species that ignores healthy plant leaves and only nibbles on fish food and algae. Many of the mystery snail species look excactly the same, but they are in fact different species. Only experts can tell them apart. The best thing to do is buy the snails from a store knows that the species they have do not, in fact, eat plants. My ramshorn snails donit eat plants either.
Mystery snails are not a single species. It is just a name for marketing purposes. Some of the apple / mystery snail species do not eat plants. I have a tank full of a species that ignores healthy plant leaves and only nibbles on fish food and algae. Many of the mystery snail species look excactly the same, but they are in fact different species. Only experts can tell them apart. The best thing to do is buy the snails from a store knows that the species they have do not, in fact, eat plants. My ramshorn snails donit eat plants either.