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**CONDITIONS APPLY** Mystery Apple Snail (Pomacea bridgesii)
£0.01


Unusual Red Ramshorn Snail
£0.99


RARE Bee Staghorn Nerite Snail
£2.99


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Why keep aquatic snails?
 

Please find below some recent customer comments & photos of their aquariums....

"Snails are the best addition to any planted aquarium, not only do they do a sterling job at beating up any algae that exists, but they also provide an extremely interesting focal point.  Whether its my Nerite's, or my purple Apple snails, each species carries its own character and huge attraction."

M. Holbrook-Bull

(Founding member of the UK Aquatic Plant Society)

 
"Apple snails are amazing to watch as they move so smoothly across the tank and are very colourful.  I love the tiny snails too as their shells are long and very cute."
Corinne Clark
 
"Red, blue, pink, purple, white, striped, big, small, flat, round. It doesn't matter what you like, you can find a snail in almost any color and shape. Adding a few snails to the aquarium is the best way to prevent uneaten food and dead leaves from affecting water quality. They do a great job eating algae too."
Daniel Israelsson
(Competition winner)

"I have only recently set up my first aquarium. It currently contains 4 pearl danios and 6 guppies.  I recently added a purple apple snail who we have called "Bernard".  He is facinating to watch and seems very happy in his new home."

Claire Sidebotham


"Why I like snails....
 
I have 4 Ramshorn Snails and they're doing a great job keeping the algae down, I haven't had to clean the glass for 3 weeks.
Now they are laying eggs so more excitement in the tank. I just love them!!"
Wendy Yolland
 

"Adding snails to the tank made the viewing so much more interesting. We have apple, trumpet and nerite snails and they have done an excellent job in clearing the algae and adding so much more colour and life to the tank. A very well worth while investment!"

Charles

 " I love aquatic snails because of their intelligence and grace when interacting with others. They are highly advanced evolutionarily, they have both lungs and gills; strong shells to hold moisture in when their pool dries out and to provide a hazard for predators. They interact with
humans, and after a little training, even massive adult Pomacea insularim will happily walk over your hand for lettuce. I keep over 100 snails, 20 of those are apple snails species and at not one moment have I ever found them
at all boring."

Max Blake

 "I love aquatic snails because of their eccentricity and character! I keep Pomacea insularum with Nerite snails and the contrasts between both are incredible. The Nerites are very slow and purposeful; they seem to stick to what they know best, eating algae! The insularum however, seem to want to gather their food in any way possible. If its on the water surface, they will try and grab it with their foot. But if the food is under the sand, they will dig for it without any hassle. They truly are incredible animals!"

Neil Blake

 " These snails really are cool; not only are they the best clean-up crew for the
aquarium, they are also   fascinating to watch as they move so gracefully and
swiftly around the tank, some of them like to ride in the current from the
power-head, while others will avoid it; they really are quite different from
each other. The picture is of a Giant brown Apple snail."

Dave Cornish

 "I have had my aquarium for over 4 months and I really enjoy it. I have got 6 guppies, 1 pleco, 4 snails, 3 red cherry shrimps and 2 algae shrimps."

Tomasz Ulman

"I would like to thank you guys at snail shop as I had a problem with Ernie's shell and you pointed me in the right direction and he is doing lots better so thankyou your after sales help is great!  Without you I would not have got into snails as a hobby, thankyou!"

"I love my snails so much I have now got a tank especially for them! they are great for keeping the tank clean and are just so funny to watch they do make me laugh! Bert my brown is in with my fish which he enjoys as there are no other snails on his patch! Ernie is in what I now call my nursery tank which is just for snails! Ernie has the important job of looking after the babies!

Katharine Ransom

 "I think snails are fantastic because of the
immense character they have, as well as the ways in which they are perfectly
adapted to the world around them.  Truly fascinating creatures, and thank
you to snail shop for starting my interest in them, as well as my collection!"

Tom Hutton

"I bought MTS and these golden apple snails from you for my freshwater community tank. I simply could not be with out them now... they are the best at keeping me  - or rather the tank algae free and the apple snails are so graceful to watch, balancing majestically on a single plant stem before launching
themselves to float to the gravel."

Kathryn Degnan

 "I have one bumble snail and a Spixi Apple Snail. I like the snails as they are excellent at keeping the tank clean eating algae and any left over uneaten food. They are also always moving around loads and a lot quickly than I thought they would. I could spend hours just watching them moving around and looking for food. They are a great addition to my tanks."

 Barry Hannah

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