Cappuccino Spike Snail (Faunus ater)
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The Cappuccino Spike Snail is a colorful variant of the popular, hardy Black Devil Spike Snail!
The Cappuccino Spike Snail is a relative to the popular Malaysian Trumpet Snails, but it is more similar in shape and size to Giant Sulawesi Snails. It features the long, whorled shells, but this snail's shell tapers off into a sharper point and resembles a spike. The Cappuccino Spike Snail's shell color ranges from a rich chocolate brown to a beautiful, glossy black, and its body features gray/black or chestnut brown colors. It is usually 2 to 3 inches in length when full grown. Since it can grow this large, it needs room to move and maneuver around aquarium decor. This snail will climb all aquarium terrain and it loves to burrow, so it is an effective algae eater and valuable substrate sifter.
The Cappuccino Spike Snail is more hardy and active than Giant Sulawesi Snails, having the ability to move faster throughout the aquarium. It is also able to live in cooler temperatures. It is possible that it might nibble lightly on aquarium plants in a smaller aquarium, but we have not experienced any problems of this sort. This snail is a totally peaceful aquarium inhabitant and is safe to keep with shrimp and other snails.
- Very active compared to other freshwater snails
- Excellent substrate sifter/cleaner
- Safe with plants
- Completely peaceful
- Temperature: 71° - 82° F (22° - 28° C)
- pH: 7.0 - 8.5
- KH: 5 - 15 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 5 - 10 gallons per snail
- Diet: Algae and decaying plant matter. Can mostly subsist on leftover fish/invertebrate flakes or pellets, but its diet should be occasionally supplemented with algae wafers and/or blanched vegetables such as zucchini, kale, spinach, or cucumber.
- Social behavior: Peaceful and solitary; will not engage with tankmates.
- Origin: Southeast Asia
- Average adult size: 2 - 3 inches (5 - 7.6 cm)
- Average purchase size: 1 - 3 inches (2.5 - 7.6 cm)
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
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.
