Why Horned Nerites are the best Algae cleaners

[zonkkie]

Decommed my planted tank and relocated my 5xhorned nerite to my biotope tank...

These fellers do not stop working!!





I timed it... 8 minutes later...



Steady right?

[xXXXx13]

steady but i don't have success with them so far.. the 2 zebra nerites that i'd bought didn't move at all when i put it into the tank...died awhile later...haiz...

[Aquanoob]

Can I check what is the price of a horned nerites snail from LFS? I think it will be a good addition to my oto and sae.

[Kenng]

Can I check what is the price of a horned nerites snail from LFS? I think it will be a good addition to my oto and sae.

It range from 90 cents to 1.50 depending on where you get them.

[bernie]

Can I check what is the price of a horned nerites snail from LFS? I think it will be a good addition to my oto and sae.

At y618, Buy at least 5 cheaper will get discount.

[Mr.Oink]

Will they breed like rabbits?

[vinz]

They will lay eggs all over. You will see white dotted lines all over your hard surfaces. But they don't hatch. They will only hatch in brackish water.

[barmby]

using snail to counter algae. i have little success. anyway, thanks for sharing!!

[DYLAN]

Thats amazing speed for a snail. Will be getting some snails to counter the GSA in my tank.

[fish11]

They will lay eggs all over. You will see white dotted lines all over your hard surfaces. But they don't hatch. They will only hatch in brackish water.

Any way to prevent them from laying eggs? Mine laid eggs all over my bobitis plant and it became very ugly.

[vinz]

None that I know of.

[fish11]

None that I know of.

Ok.. Do nerite horned snails even mate before laying eggs? Or they are capable of laying eggs even without mating?

But then again, it's impossible to verify the sex of the snails right? Haha...

[zonkkie]

They do mate...

[fish11]

So in this case, possible to figure out the sex of the snails?

Then, we can have snails of just 1 sex in our tanks and no more ugly eggs!

[vinz]

They need to mate to fertilise the eggs, but not sure if the female will leg eggs that are not fertilised.

So, the best solution is make sure you only have male snails. I guess we can assume that the snail on top is the male, since we have know no scientific methods.

[fish11]

They need to mate to fertilise the eggs, but not sure if the female will leg eggs that are not fertilised.

So, the best solution is make sure you only have male snails. I guess we can assume that the snail on top is the male, since we have know no scientific methods.

Instead of spotting the male when they mate, are there any other characteristics to differentiate their sex?

[alvinchan80]

They do mate...

Bro zonkkie.. Why you so 'hum sap' & snap them when they are having their intimate times? Tsk tsk... Haha..

But I do admit they are a bunch of hard working crew except they don't feed on hair algae or else they are perfect... Haha..

[Puffer]

I remember reading somewhere that horned nerites are the only algae crew capable of removing spot algae?

[cyruslow]

nice! gonna go get some

[stormhawk]

The eggs are pretty hard shelled, so you have to scrape them off if you dislike it a lot. I love Nerite Snails, they are great for fish tanks, with regards to algae control. I had a bunch of Nerites that would lay eggs all over my tank, but it didn't bother me much.