snail housing

[ter153]

hi all,
im a newbie here,and am hoping to start keeping snails soon.
i have a tank that is 36 inches,long,height,15 inches,depth 12 inches,how many snails can i house comfortably in the tank? thanks for any help/advice,,,,,,teresa,

[Katie]

It depends what type of Snails your planning to get.
Also, what type of tank is it, as some aren't suitable for keeping snails in, due to the chemicals etc

You can use the Snail Calculator to find out more or less how many of the different species you can fit :-)

Katie x

[ter153]

hiya,
its a glass tank,i was looking at having albino snails as theyre very pretty,ill have a look at the snail calculator thanks katie

[Dusk]

There are albinos in a lot of species of different sizes - you may have to pick one They are stunning.

[ter153]

hiya,
i was thinking of albino reticulata,and i can have four of these in my tank ;D