Nerite snails questions

[5Starreef]

I am looking to add some nerite snails to my tank, because they seem to be very good for cyano and glass algae. I come by this seller on ebay . They send the snails priority mail and he said these snails can live out the water for days.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nerite-snail-Saltwater-50-quantity-/263627790851?hash=item3d6170da03

Can the nerite snails live out the water for days? and anyone has experience with this seller?

Thank you

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Yes, nerites are intertidal snails that often rest above the water line and can also climb out of the tank. I've found some several feet from the tank, put them back in and they were fine.

 

[5Starreef]

Yes, nerites are intertidal snails that often rest above the water line and can also climb out of the tank. I've found some several feet from the tank, put them back in and they were fine.

Thank you for the answer! I think I will order them and I will share my experience, the seller has 100% feedback on ebay

 

[Pslreefer]

Nerite snails questions

I collect them from the edge of the lagoon where I live during low tide along with cerith. The nerites have multiplied quite rapidly in my tank though... I had like 4 now so many I can't count.

If your in Miami go get some for free lol

 

[Frogmanx82]

I will never get nerites again because I don't like the eggs getting stuck all over everything. Trochus seem to be the perfect snail.

 

[mcgyvr]

I routinely find my cats knocking nerite snails around on the wood floor.. I pick them up and toss them right back into the tank and they are just fine..

 

[j.falk]

Yes, nerites are intertidal snails that often rest above the water line and can also climb out of the tank. I've found some several feet from the tank, put them back in and they were fine.

Well crap...I found 3 of mine on the floor over the past 5 months and threw all of them away thinking they were dead. Sigh.

 

[Uncle99]

I will never get nerites again because I don't like the eggs getting stuck all over everything. Trochus seem to be the perfect snail.

Yup....Trochus Snails.....what a fabulous cleaner glass and rock, and can flip themselves....and that's a bonus...

 

[mcgyvr]

Well crap...I found 3 of mine on the floor over the past 5 months and threw all of them away thinking they were dead. Sigh.

Sometimes they are just depending on how long they have been out of the water..
I always just chuck them back in.. If I notice the shell in the same spot a week later I know they didn't make it..

 

[davocean]

If you smell them, you'll know right away if they are still alive or not

I like nerites, those and ceriths, astreas, nassaurius are what I always keep.

 

[AlSimmons]

Nerites stay kind of small, (at least the ones I'm familiar with) so if you have a big algae problem your going to need quite a few of them to make any sort of dent. They're not all going to live either, so keeping track of the deceased could be a problem in itself. I don't know about you, but I like to remove anything that has died in my tank ASAP. Good husbandry, manual removal and time is probably your best bet IMO.

https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/9/inverts

 

[davocean]

That's why it's a good idea to have different types of snails, they will go to different areas and cover different issues in tank.

I don't keep a lot of nerites compared to ceriths, ceriths being by far the most of my clean up crew, and the others maybe a quarter of the amount of ceriths I have.

 

[MrHyde]

That's why it's a good idea to have different types of snails, they will go to different areas and cover different issues in tank.

This isn't something you can take care of yourself? When does a snail just become a pet? I think we both know a little elbow grease trumps everything. IMO people put too much faith in their CUC. What they can do in a month I can probably accomplish in an hour.

 

[davocean]

This isn't something you can take care of yourself? When does a snail just become a pet? I think we both know a little elbow grease trumps everything. IMO people put too much faith in their CUC. What they can do in a month I can probably accomplish in an hour.

Well, that may be good for you, but that is not the question asked by OP for one, and two, if you really have your tank balanced there should be little need for scrubbing, and only glass really.

I do not rely on CUC all that much, but you may find that when your tank matures, and corals grow out, snails can reach places in rockwork that you can not.