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Horned Nerite Snails

$6.99
Nerite snails are one of the best algae eating animal you can find for an aquarium. You will receive a pack of healthy Horn Nerite Snails (Clithon corona/diadema). They're shells have a beautiful black and yellow spiral pattern with small protrusions. The snails we ship range from .25- .5 inches in diameter.

Background and Key Benefits

Nerite snails are freshwater snails related to the mollusk family. They are from the East coast of Africa and are found in rivers and streams. These snails come in a variety of colors and patterns including Zebra, Leopard, and Olive. Nerite snails are common in the aquarium hobby as they are excellent algae eaters. They will clean algae from glass, substrate, and décor. The second reason they are so popular in our hobby is due to the fact that 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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Amano Jones
Awesome little snails

I love these snails! The shell looks so cool!

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Leah Cleminshaw
Adorable and Healthy

They are already growing. First time I've had the horned variety and really enjoying them.

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Janina Huftel
Adorable, all very active

I order 4, all showed up alive and seem to be thriving. Very happy with my purchase.

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Marc
Great

Ordered 3 nerite snails and 20 assorted shrimp. All showed up alive and healthy. Acclimated to my tank and they all went straight to business. Been over a week and they're all happy and moving about the tank. Making another order soon. Very happy.

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Taylor Sample
Tiny and adorable!

I know Nerites are some of the fussiest snails to get; they often just decide to not thrive in their new environment. However! Bumble and Bee have taken well to their tank, and while Bee is fairly shy and hides during the day, Bumble is all over the tank walls, doing his best to clean the glass of any tasty algae at his pencil-eraser size. They’re perfect!

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