Description
The Purple Striped Giant Brotia Herculea Snail is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. This snails justifies its name (Giant), as it can grow to be over 4" in length. They can be found in rivers all over Thailand and Burma. Unlike their cousin, the Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania) which are known to have large babies, the Giant Tower Cap gives birth to live, very tiny babies and only reproduce about 3 times a year.
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Will not over populate;
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Very rare and unique;
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Safe with any aquarium inhabitants;
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Great if you want a giant show stopper of a snail.
Purple Striped Giant Brotia Herculea Snails eat a big variety of foods such as:
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Invertebrate Pellets
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Flake Food
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Dead fish
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Decaying Plant Matter
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Snail tabs
Care for them:
- Tank size(Minimum): 10 Gal
- Care: Very Easy
- Temperature: 68-82
- PH: 6.8-7.8
- GH: 6-8
- KH: 5-20
- Lifespan: up to 4 Years
It is possible that some snails have some shell defects from their wild encounters.
DO NOT USE COPPER IN AQUARIUMS CONTAINING SNAILS!