Will Nerite snail destroy my US fissiden turf?

**expire** · 10th Jun 2013, 20:06

Hi all,
i just start up my first shrimp tank 30cm x 30cm x 30 cm tank and 5 wire mesh of US mini fissiden as turfing con my sub. Housing 11 cherry red, 1 oto. Just to check if it is ok to place a nerite snail into the community. i am worrying the snail will destroy my turf of lighly planted fissiden on metal meshs like a lawn mower when they crawl thru.

**qool** · 10th Jun 2013, 20:19

I have 3 of them in my 1.5 feet. So far have never heard or seen them eat plants just algaes. You can always go for bumblebee nertile to play safe.

**ken90ken** · 10th Jun 2013, 20:35

i used to have 5 bumble bee horned nerites in a 10L aquarium. my mini fissiden carpet was just attached to the soil, no string no mesh. got no problem at all.

**cephelix** · 11th Jun 2013, 09:51

Yup,in the small tanks Nearest The counter.
Quarantining would be the same.as any.other lifestock right??

**ken90ken** · 11th Jun 2013, 10:31

Not necessary to quarantine, if you want can also. I got mine from Y618, i think 5 for $5 or $6.

**qngwn** · 11th Jun 2013, 13:17

5 for $5 at 618, they do a great job at cleaning surface algae, so far no mini fissidens are still around..

**expire** · 11th Jun 2013, 13:18

Originally Posted by qngwn

so far no mini fissidens are still around..

OMG.. I need my mini fissiden to be around...

**qngwn** · 11th Jun 2013, 13:32

So punctuation makes a big difference.

Supposed to be:
So far, no. mini fissiden are still around.

**cephelix** · 12th Jun 2013, 08:33

Haha,punctuation nazi!

**expire** · 13th Jun 2013, 19:36

Just go 2 of my horned nerites from c328 and the* 3rd shop near the coffeeshop*. was wondering how come my nerite is about 1cm in width shell. is this the normal size?

**qngwn** · 13th Jun 2013, 20:08

Originally Posted by expire

Just go 2 of my horned nerites from c328 and the* 3rd shop near the coffeeshop*. was wondering how come my nerite is about 1cm in width shell. is this the normal size?

Yes the size is just right. I have nerites with shells ranging from 0.5 cm to 1.5 to 2cm. Just to be sure, perhaps a picture will be more descriptive and the bros here can help to confirm if it's a nerite snail.

**cephelix** · 13th Jun 2013, 20:11

horned nerite snails from what I've seen in the shops are usually quite small, black and yellow, with horns..
if you want a larger nerite you could always get the zebra nerite

**kohanson** · 21st Jun 2013, 23:22

I just bought mini fissiden from one of the merchant here on Wed and my 5 horned nerite snails have not touched them yet. Seems like they are not interested with the fissiden.