Malaysian Trumpet Snail
Melanoides tuberculata
The Malaysian trumpet snail has an elongated conical shell and spends most of the day buried in the substrate. By burrowing, it aerates the soil and prevents the formation of harmful anaerobic pockets. Discreet and useful, it emerges mainly at night.
Parameters
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Min volume
- 10 L
- Temperature
- 18–28 °C
- pH
- 6.5–8
- Hardness (GH)
- 5–20 °GH
- Adult size
- 2.5 cm
- Lifespan
- 2 years
- Diet
- Détritivore
- Temperament
- Paisible
- Difficulty
- Débutant
Environment
Very tolerant, it withstands varied pH and hardness conditions, with a preference for neutral to slightly hard water. A loose substrate such as sand or fine gravel is essential for it to burrow. It is suitable for both planted aquariums and grow-out tanks.
Feeding
It recycles organic waste, leftover food and detritus buried in the soil. It does not touch live plants and makes do with what is available in the aquarium. No specific feeding is necessary in a well-maintained tank.
Tips & tankmates
Viviparous, it reproduces quickly and its population reflects the amount of available food: a population explosion signals overfeeding. To control it, reduce feeding rather than using chemicals. It remains an excellent bioindicator of substrate cleanliness.
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