Assassin Snail (Clea helena)
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R35
Fast Delivery
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Door to Door deliveries all across South Africa
All Prices Include VAT
Peace of mind Quality
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Assassin Snail (Clea helena) are very easy to care for. Its not as easy as caring for some other types of snails, but as long as water conditions are right, and food is plentiful, Assassin Snail care does not take much effort. The keys are tank size and stability. When adding new Assassin Snails to a tank, do so slowly and gently. Try to make sure the display tank water in the plastic bag matches the new tank water parameters as closely as possible.
WARNING: They hunt and kill other snails!
| Scientific Name | Clea helena |
| Comon Name | Assassin Snail |
| Family | Cichlidae |
| Origin | South East Asia |
| Breeding | Egglayer |
| Tempremant | Agressive towards other snails |
| Tank Level | Burrower |
| Lifespan | Up to 2 Years |
| Minimum Tank Size | 130L |
| Adult Size | up to 2.5cm |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| pH | 7.0 – 8.0 |
| Temperature | 22 – 28C |
McMerwe Review: These are some of our favorite snails! Not only can they keep your unwanted snail population in check, but they look fantastic and breed very slow. They are the best way to get rid of other snails. We don’t like adding chemicals to the water to kill pest snails, as the pest snails usually die with a day or two. This will result in an ammonia spike in the water. This ammonia spike might kill your other livestock as well. Therefore Assassin Snails are the more natural and slow way to kill unwanted snails.THEY DO NOT HUNT SHRIMP. They might kill/eat weak or dead shrimp, but in our experience they are perfectly shrimp compatible.
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Dominic Spangenberg (verified owner) –
I bought 2 Assassin Snails. They have already started to get rid of the unwanted guests in my tank.
annekevermaak1 (verified owner) –
These snails are really helpful! They’re keeping my ‘pest’ snails well maintained!
Willan Adonis (verified owner) –
Love these snails, good to look at but also have already decreased the amount of snails in my tank after about a week.
Cuan Kemp (verified owner) –
Very cute little guy. I have 1 in my 115l/3ft tank along with my neocaradina shrimp and all seems well 🙂
Ruth Van Der Poll (verified owner) –
fast excellent service. brilliant quality.
Ryno Van der westhuizen (verified owner) –
N baie intressante slak….baie mooi lyk soos n mooi skulpie wat rond beweeg…tot dus ver het hy nog nie my shrimps gepla nie…sal dit defintief aanbeveel as jy jou tenk wil skoonhou van onwelkom “gaste”….
Francois Van As (verified owner) –
One interesting snail, will hide and wait for food, can survive without other living snails
Neil Norval (verified owner) –
Love these snails! They quietly go about the business and clean up anything in the aquarium! I throw in ramshorn snails to see how fast they get to work! 5 snails take out atleast 50 snails in one week
James Derbyshire (verified owner) –
Very well packaged, arrived safe. Good looking little snail, hopefully goes to town on my pest snails. Will definitely be supporting McMerwe again!
Ryan Vermeulen (verified owner) –
Awsome little guy I got today. He has all ready started to get rid of the unwanted guests in my tank.
gerhard (verified owner) –
What amazing little creatures, I have snails in my all my aquariums do to some plants I bought from another supplier and this guy has cleaned one of my aquariums for me will definitely be getting more. Thanks again for good quality and excellent service McMerwe.
johanxxiv (verified owner) –
Can wait to see my Assassin go. Came very well packed. expected it to be a bit bigger, but not the end of the world. Gives more time to see them grow up. Currently feeding mine small pieces of beef while I am waiting for my MTS to grow up so I can add them.
rochellesmal (verified owner) –
The prettiest snail I own, and also the least troublesome. Beware to not keep these guys with any other ornamental snails that you want to keep