Red Ramshorn Snails

Ramshorn snails are perfect for a shrimp tank or non-aggressive fish in your community tank. They feed on aquarium algae in freshwater aquariums. In the aquarium trade they are considered pest snails sometimes as the snail population can grow rapidly with newborn snails appearing almost overnight.

Red Ramshorn snails are popular for the extra color they provide to a tank.  They will be found peacefully eating algae and leftover shrimp or fish food.  They can safely be kept with other snails, shrimp, and nano fish.

Your ramshorn snail aquarium should be filtered, and fully cycled. The snails don’t have any specific demands when it comes to décor. They appear to naturally inhabit waters with a sandy substrate where they can hide and wait for food or algae, but aquarists have found they do just fine on gravel as well. Find out more about ramshorn snails in The Shrimp Farm Academy.

Ramshorn snails come in various colors. The Red ramshorn snails also sometimes look like pink ramshorn snails. Blue ramshorn snails are the most popular. Hobbyists enjoy having these ramshorn snails in their tanks for the benefits they provide.  They will clean the tank from algae and then will help keep the tank water parameters adequate by providing a healthy bioload.