Okay, he does have a pattern it is kind of like brown diamonds and the rest is white. He is about 3 to 4 inches in size. He is very stiff and sits alot and when he does swim he jets real quick, I'll have the pic in a few hours. And it eats anything, he really likes brine shrimp though. No I dont think it plays with my snail, but when I put my snail in yesterday, he seemed very interested in it. But he didnt touch it, just watched and followed it aroumd for an hour or so.