Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail

The Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail is a tank-bred Sulawesi rabbit snail (Tylomelania sp.) for a keeper whose Sulawesi tank is already warm, alkaline and mature. If you’re still building that tank, hold off. Every rabbit snail line we sell needs the same water, and this one isn’t a shortcut into it.

Is the Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail right for your tank?

Yes, if your water already sits inside the table below and has held there across several tests. We rate the snail as moderate to keep, because it’s hardier than the Sulawesi shrimp it usually shares a tank with. The tank is the demanding part. It has to be mature, warm, alkaline and mineral-rich before the snail arrives, so this isn’t a beginner snail.

“Tominanga” is a trade name. We sell this line as Tylomelania sp. and don’t attach a species name to it, so don’t read the name as a confirmed species or a confirmed river of origin. It’s tank-bred by Shrimp Aquatics, not collected from the wild. Shell pattern and body color vary from snail to snail, and we don’t promise a particular look.

Choosing between lines? Pick the look you like, because every one of our Sulawesi snail lines needs the same water. Switching lines won’t make the setup any easier.

What water does the Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail need?

Keep it inside these numbers, the same range we give for Sulawesi shrimp. A tank that stays steady inside the range matters more than one that hits a single exact figure.

Check these before your Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail ships

• The tank is fully cycled: ammonia 0 and nitrite 0, with an established biological filter. The calendar alone doesn’t prove it.
• There’s a visible film of algae and biofilm on the rock and glass. A snail this size adds to the grazing load.
• Your heater holds the tank within 79-86°F (26-30°C).
• pH, GH, KH and TDS have stayed in range across several tests, and KH isn’t drifting.
• The substrate is inert, with no active soil pulling pH down.
• No copper or copper-based medication in the tank, now or planned.
• No assassin snails.

Which tankmates suit a Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail?

Sulawesi shrimp are the natural fit. They live in the same water and graze the same film, so the real question is whether your tank grows enough biofilm for both. In a small tank, keep total stocking modest.

Neocaridina are a no. Their water chemistry overlaps, but the temperatures don’t meet at any point: Neocaridina are kept at 65-78°F (18-26°C), and this tank starts at 79°F (26°C). Bee and Taiwan Bee Caridina need soft, acidic water, the opposite of this setup. Assassin snails hunt other snails, so never add one.

Planning a planted tank? No published record shows rabbit snails eating living plants, and none shows them leaving plants alone. Treat soft-leaved plants as at risk and go for hardy epiphytes tied to rock.

How should you feed a Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail?

Let it graze. The film of biofilm and algae on rock and glass is its food, which is why that film has to be there before the snail is. Prepared food can’t make up for a tank that isn’t mature.

Don’t buy it as an algae eater or a cleanup crew. If you offer prepared food, keep it to a small top-up and lift whatever’s left so it doesn’t foul warm water. We don’t publish a menu of vegetables or pellets, because nothing on record shows what this snail accepts beyond grazing.

What to expect when your Black Tominanga Rabbit Snail arrives

Follow the acclimation instructions that come with your order, because packing and transit time change what’s safest. Don’t pour the shipping water into your tank.

A new snail may stay pulled into its shell for a while after arrival. Leave it be, don’t keep lifting it out to check, and keep testing the water as usual. A worn or scarred shell tip on an adult is normal in this genus. Fresh erosion at the growing edge of the shell is different, so test pH, GH and KH first, then work through the shell checks in Sulawesi rabbit snail care.

We don’t promise breeding, sex or the number of young from any order.