Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Quilted Melania
Tarebia granifera
Key facts
- Temperature20–30 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Adult size3 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Thiaridae
- Origin
- South and Southeast Asia
- Size
- 2 – 3 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 30°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH / KH / TDS
- GH 6-20 / KH 3-15
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- detritivore
- Reproduction
- parthenogenetic; reproduces rapidly
Notes: Related to the Malayan snail with a dark, grainy shell. Invasive outside its native range: never release it.
