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3 Onion Nerite Snails

3 Onion Nerite Snails

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Onion Nerite Snails | 3 Pack

The onion nerite snail, also called the red onion nerite snail, has a round shell with brown and cream bands with black spots that could resemble onion rings. These nerite snails love to graze on algae in both freshwater and slightly salty tanks. They stay fairly small  and won’t reproduce in a regular aquarium. Onion snails are steady cleaners and with unique shell pattern that make them a popular pick for planted and nano aquarium setups.

Background and Key Benefits

Nerite snails or Neritina sp. are freshwater snails related to the mollusk family. They will clean algae from glass, substrate, and décor. They are also so popular in our hobby because they do not reproduce in freshwater. In the wild these snails return to brackish water to breed and the baby snails require brackish water for early stages of growth. Therefore, Nerite snails will not overpopulate in an aquarium.

Along with serving practical purposes in the aquarium, the snails have  beautiful shells and they are fun to watch. If you look at your glass closely after adding them, you will see the tiny track marks these snails make as they graze on algae!

We keep these snails on pool filtered sand and in bare bottom tanks with a Matten filters. We feed Shrimp King Algae Pops and Shrimp King Snail Stixx along with Indian Almond Leaves for natural biofilm. We also use LED lighting to provide enough natural algae growth  for them to feed. 






Please note: During shipping, snails sometimes go into a hibernation-like state and may not become fully active for up to a week once acclimated to your aquarium. 


 

Tank Parameters

  • Ph: 7.2 to 8.5
  • Gh: 7 to 15
  • Kh:  2 to 8
  • TDS: 120 to 400
  • Temp: 68 to 78

Tank Equipment

  • Filter: Matten Filter
  • Substrate: Pool Filter Sand
  • Water: RO/DI Water remineralized with Salty Shrimp Gh/Kh+
  • Decor: Malaysian Driftwood, Java Moss and Indian Almond Leaves

Customer Reviews

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Nate from Va
Gungaden onion nerite

Really nice specimens thank you again for the plus one!!! Too bad I'm about done stocking my tank. Guess ill have to set up another aquarium to buy more...always a great experience with flip aquatics!

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Eden Schmitz
Perfect

Only 2 survived the trip but that’s not your fault. They are alive and well and adjusting perfectly to their new home

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Michael Treadaway
Snails are awesome

We received our snail order in a timely manner and they arrived in perfect condition. Very impressed with how well they were packaged. As soon as we introduced them to our tank they started working. I would recommend these folks to anyone.

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Holly Lumm
Arrived healthy

The onion snails arrived quickly, well packaged and healthy.

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Casey Brown
Great!

Good prices, healthy fauna, great shipping, excellent services, and within my multiple orders, has been a wonderful company to deal with.

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