Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS

Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania patriarchalis), BREDBY: AQUATIC ARTS

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* For the safety of our animals, we now ship Sulawesi Snails exclusively via UPS Next Day Air.  If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS Next Day Air as a shipping option during checkout *

 

We are extremely proud to offer our very own Aquatic Arts Bred line of the endangered Yellow Giant Spotted Sulawesi Rabbit Snail! 

Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Rabbit Snails (Tylomelania patriarchalis) are one of the rarest snails in the aquarium hobby.  Also known as Elephant Snails, their natural habitat is in Indonesia and they are only rarely seen in the United States.  The "Rabbit" name likely comes from their rabbit-like faces and drooping antennae that resemble a rabbit's ears.  However, the resemblance to an elephant is also clear with their wrinkled, rubbery-looking skin and their long "snouts" (which is functionally more like the snail's foot).  Needless to say, these snails are certainly unique in appearance in several aspects!
 
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Snails possess black bodies with a striking yellow-spotted pattern, and their shells range from bronze to very dark brown, which fades into or is accented by a creamy white color on some specimens.  Their shells are long and spiral-shaped and taper toward a point at the end, which makes the shell resemble unicorn's horn in shape.  These snails seem curious by nature, and each snail uses its elongated, muscular "foot" to pull itself around on the glass and aquarium decor.  This is a very striking snail and is sure to impress viewers, almost all of which will have never seen one before.
 
Yellow Spotted Giant Sulawesi Snails are some of the largest freshwater snails in the world, growing as large as 4 inches as adults.  Since they can grow so large, they need room to move, so  it's a good idea to avoid dense vegetation or overcrowding in your aquarium.  They are decent algae-eaters, but they also feed on leftover food and any kind of fish food.  While most aquatic plants are safe from these snails, they have been known to munch on more delicate or thin-leaved plants.
 
Most specimens sold in the hobby today are wild-caught, contributing to their already declining wild population. Breeding these snails is not particularly difficult, but they reproduce and grow very slowly. We care about the long-term conservation of this majestic snail, so we decided to tackle the challenge of large scale breeding in captivity.

***All of our Rabbit Snails are born and raised at our facility***
 
 
What We Like About These Snails:
  • Attractive spotted pattern on the bodies with long, spiraled shells
  • Interesting movement and curious nature
  • Completely peaceful
  • Grow to a large and impressive size
  • Captive-Bred
RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS: 
  • Temperature:  76° - 84° F (24.4° - 29° C)
  • pH: 7.5 - 8.5
  • KH:  2 - 15 dKH
  • Minimum tank size:  10 gallons per snail
CARE GUIDELINES:
  • Diet:  They eat algae and decaying plant matter, and they have also been known to munch on more delicate plants.  They can mostly subsist on leftover fish/invertebrate flakes or pellets, but their diets should be occasionally supplemented with algae wafers and/or blanched vegetables such as zucchini, kale, spinach, or cucumber.
  • Warning! Avoid any food product, medication, or plant fertilizer that contains Copper of any form. Copper is toxic to invertebrates. Many commercial fish foods, medications, and plant fertilizers contain copper or more commonly copper sulfate. Always look at the ingredient list for any product going into the aquarium to ensure they are copper free.
  • Social behavior:  Peaceful and solitary; will not engage with tankmates.
  • Origin:  Tank-Bred, but indigenous to Sulawesi region of Indonesia
  • Average adult size:  4 inches (10.2 cm)
  • Average purchase size:  0.25 - 1 inch (.64 - 2.5 cm)

All Aquatic Arts brand plants and animals come with a 100% live arrival guarantee, plus free email support!

For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air.  If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with  2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air. 

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday
 

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days. 

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

 

 

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