Blue Mystery Snail

[Rex740]

I just went to the petstore and got a blue mystery snail. I saw that some of them had bodies that were completely black and most of them had dark blue bodies with orange rings. Why is that? This is because I wanted one with blue but I also wanted the most active one, I got the most active one, but he has a black body.

 

[Corleone]

Apple snails (what's usually sold as mystery snail, at least around here) vary a lot, but the color in the name comes from the shell. The bodies vary quite a bit that I've seen - my blue snail has a black body with red speckles, and some of the others in his tank were all black. I didn't see any with blue bodies, though.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I think in blue snails the color is from the body showing through the shell.

I lost the link to the snail color page, so I can't check it. @.@

 

[Rex740]

I have some dojo loaches, will the snail be ok? He is one inch in diameter.

 

[fishyfeet]

Apple snails (what's usually sold as mystery snail, at least around here) vary a lot, but the color in the name comes from the shell. The bodies vary quite a bit that I've seen - my blue snail has a black body with red speckles, and some of the others in his tank were all black. I didn't see any with blue bodies, though.

yes it do with the natural body colour, dark or white, and the shell colour, dark body and clear shell = blue

clear + clear = ivory and so on, cant remember all the colours i think theres info on www.applesnail.net where i used to be a mod

I have some dojo loaches, will the snail be ok? He is one inch in diameter.

no i think once the loach grow a bit the snails are doomed, you cant keep any snails with any loaches. di

 

[Rex740]

How big do the dojos have to be to eat my one inch snail? I used to have a snail that was 1 cm in diameter and my dojos never bothered it.

 

[karneval]

Here is the color page.

Don't know about your loaches, though. Sorry.

 

[Rex740]

My dojos are doing fine with the snail, they thinks its a rock...

It is a blue mystery snail.