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Invertebrates
Trochus snail
Trochus spp.
Key facts
- Temperature23–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
Full profile
- Family
- Trochidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific
- Size
- 2 – 5 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- GH / KH / TDS
- Salinity 1.023–1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Compatible with fish
- all
- Diet
- Algae-eater (algae on rocks, glass, and substrate)
- Reproduction
- oviparous; can reproduce in captivity
Notes: Conical shell. Excellent feeder of coralline and filamentous algae on rocks. Can right itself only if it falls on its back (an advantage over Astraea). Can reproduce in the aquarium. Active both day and night.
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