Mystery snail feeding requirements

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SherLar

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Just today, I purchased 2 gold Mystery snails to hopefully keep the sand clean in my 29g. I purchased them from Petco, from a sales person, who, true to big chain form, knew nothing about anything. I've never purposefully owned snails (have had a couple mts infestations accidentally)so I have a couple questions:
Will they be able to navigate over sand without getting any inside their shells;
do they require algae in their diets, or is normal feeding detritus sufficient? If they do require algae, will the occasional algae wafer suffice, and if so, how often will they require a wafer?
Any input is appreciated. Thank you.
 
Algae wafers, left over fish food and blanched veggies. Adult mystery snails suck at keeping algae off plants. Sand is fine for them.
 
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