Assassin snail
Clea helena
Also called bumblebee snail, clea.
Eats pest snails, then breeds slowly into a pest of its own. Worth it.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 2.5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 20 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 22 to 27 °C
- pH
- 7 to 8
- Hardness
- 6 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- other snails
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 3 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a assassin snail fits the tank you have.