Physa acuta

Sexing

 * These snails are hermaphroditic.

Tank compatibility

 * A peaceful snail, will not bother tank inhabitants. However, should not be kept with aggressive fish that may attack it such as Loaches or Pufferfish.

Diet

 * Omnivorous, will graze around the environment, will eat plants, dead and decaying matter, and algae wafers.

Feeding regime

 * Will constantly graze.

Environment Specifics

 * Prefers fairly still but well oxygenated water. Can survive in outdoor ponds and found throughout waterways in Europe. When found in a tropical aquarium, the snail will be much more active and prolific.

Behaviour

 * A fast moving snail. This snail can often come into fish tanks as a pest snail hidden away in plants and will multiply in number.

Identification

 * The juveniles are small, initially about 1 mm in diameter. There shells may be clear and transparent for the first month, or two,of life depending on water conditions.


 * The adults have a smooth brown speckled oval shell with 3-4 whorls, the last whorl of the shell is very much expanded, so it's larger than all of the remaining spire. Has slender antennae and does not possess an operculum.