UNCOMMON PURPLE MYSTERY SNAIL - GOOD SIZE (Around 20mm)

(Information written by Aquarzon based on actual growing experience, observations and research. Please do not copy any information or photos) 

Average Water Parameters Grown In
Temperature      : 15-25°C
PH Range          : 7.0-7.5
GH                     : 4-6     
KH                     : 4-6
TDS                   : 150-250


This listing is for good-sized Purple Mystery Snails which are around 20mm (not tiny babies like 5mm or tiny juvies like 10mm).

A Mystery snail that is 20mm diameter is very much bigger than a 5-10mm diameter Mystery snail. Just use a ruler and you can see the difference.

The Purple Mystery snails are an uncommon variety of mystery snails that grow beautiful purple shells.

Compared to the usual Mystery snails which are brown/yellow, the purple or magenta variety is less common.

We provide them with Australian cuttlebones to help strengthen their shells. If you need cuttlebones, you can buy from our cuttlebones listing at the bottom of this page.

They usually eat algae, organics, dead leaves and excess fish and shrimp food, making them a good clean-up crew in an aquarium.

In Aquarzon's experience, they generally do not eat healthy plants unless they are starving. They usually eat algae, organics, dead leaves and excess fish and shrimp food, making them a good clean up crew in an aquarium. They should be supplemented with sinking food to ensure they have sufficient food.

They are part of our healthy planted tanks / setups and do a great effort odd bits of uneaten fish food that sinks to the substrate, eating dead leaves, algae,etc. 

We do not mass stock / breed them. Also, they are kept in aquariums / setups with their own dedicated filters (not shared sump).

These 2 steps help avoid the probability of any potential disease spread.

If snails are kept / mass breed in close proximity, if one snail has a disease, it is easy to spread to many around it. If shared sump is used, it is easy for tank-to-tank contamination to occur.

By buying here, you can also be assured that they are free from diseases and worm parasites.

To order, you can select your desired quantity before you click Add to Cart (the price is cheaper for larger quantity).

Breeding Tips

The key to breeding these Purple Mystery snails is to ensure that there is sufficient and constant food supply for them. They can eat dead leaves, blanched spinach and sinking fish food as well as shrimp food. At the same time, try to ensure not to have over excess of food as this can pollute your aquarium water. The key is to have sufficient food constantly, but not over-excess. When Mystery snails are ready to lay eggs, they will go above the water surface level to lay the eggs on the aquarium walls. 

Aquarzon 5 Customer Benefits:

1) Aquarzon Comprehensive 100% Live Snail Arrival Guarantee 
Subject to reasonable terms listed on our T&C page

2) FREE SHIPPING for orders $90 and above (can be combined with plants, small dry goods, etc.)

3) All snails are kept in very clean tanks with their own dedicated filters (not shared sump) which avoids disease issues, etc.
We do not use sump for them unlike standard commercial setups and this avoids disease contamination issues.

4) Snail shells are healthy and strong. We provide them with Australian cuttlebone, calcium and a wide range of good food.

5) 100% no planaria worms guarantee. Our snail tanks have no planaria worms.
In the extremely unlikely case that there are planaria worms on the snails, take clear photos of them upon arrival and send them to us immediately. If this is done, we will be able to accept returns for them with return postage cost being shared.

All photos here are taken by us of our actual Purple Mystery snails stock. We do not mix them with other Mystery snail varieties.