wangspeed Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Really, my little Biocube 14 has nerite snail eggs all over. At first I thought they were just laying them on the back plastic wall. Nope. If you look at the rocks, they are all over the rocks too. I only have 5 of them too. Even when the eggs get ripped off, open, get eaten, etc, it leaves a ring. I'm much happier with my other snail selections. Never again will I get another nerite. Looking at getting a 75 gallon, and there won't be a single nerite in it. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 good to know, even for a small Evo 8. My tanks only a month old today and I have 2 astreas, which mind you, look big in a small tank like that, 2 stomatellas (but they've spawned like 2x in a week), abt 4 colonistas, and one other little snail which I have yet to name. I don't plan on getting any more but thanks for the warning on nerites. Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I hate nerites too but it's because they like to climb out of the tanks every few days and I have to go look around the tank/room and put them back in the tank only to repeat again few days later. Link to comment
Justin_Luke Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 +1 on that, plus they dont eat alot of algae beacause they are always at the rim of my tank or stuck in a corner! Link to comment
Seamonkey84 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Nerite and margarita snails are useless IME. My favorite snails are ceriths and trouchus Link to comment
kismetsh Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I got my nerites from Reef Cleaners and they are awesome. I especially like the virgin nerites, they are smaller and don't spend as much time at the water line. Even my big ones have not left the tank though (I've had them almost 6 weeks), they sometimes cruise around at the water line but stay inside. Maybe it's because I have a rim on my tank. Link to comment
Justin_Luke Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 turbo snails are the absolute best algae eaters, I have 7 in my 40 breeder and they doo an incredible job. Sure they may knock something over now and then, but its hard to argue with the results Link to comment
jadedanime Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I got my nerites from Reef Cleaners and they are awesome. I especially like the virgin nerites, they are smaller and don't spend as much time at the water line. Even my big ones have not left the tank though (I've had them almost 6 weeks), they sometimes cruise around at the water line but stay inside. Maybe it's because I have a rim on my tank. +1 to reef cleaners nerites. Mine never have any issues. My ceriths, on the other hand, never eat anything worthwhile. The nerites do all the work. The eggs are annoying though, I agree. Link to comment
Bett Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I got Nerita versicolor from reef cleaners in my nerite order, and they never went below the water line. Recently I picked up some N. fulgurans last month and they've been cruising around all over the tank and laying eggs on stuff too. They've mostly left their eggs on the glass by the back wall though so it hasn't been a problem. A couple of them like to sleep in the sump in the day time. Link to comment
Bill Nye Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I recently got Trochus snails for the first time and they are beastly. I have never witnessed a harder working snail. I find turbo snails to be lazy. Mine will eat sometimes but will often just "sleep" for a day before moving again. Link to comment
wangspeed Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Yup. I really would like to boil my nerites in return for all these eggs and replace 5 of them with just 1 more trochus. My wife would probably protest the act though... Link to comment
mattman72 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I got 5 nerites with my reef cleaner package and I didn't even realize they would breed in your tank until i noticed 3 new small ones (with shells already). I never see any eggs anywhere but I think it is because I have a biocube and I believe they are breeding in one of the back chambers where the water is less salty (I'm always pulling them out of there too..) They seem to be my best snails for cleaning the glass, and I think them breeding in tank is awesome!! Link to comment
masterbuilder Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Why is the water less salty? Link to comment
Chris! Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Why is the water less salty? Because thats where the ATO dumps fresh water for top off duh Link to comment
Fel Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Check your tanks at night; you'll see the nerites chowing down. I'm quite happy with my Nerites. They can't eat longer hair algae but they seem to live for ever especially compared to ceriths. Link to comment
05XRunner Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I hate my nerites i am getting rid of them..it seems all they do is make a break for my overflow..its been more then 2 times I woke middle of night to burping toilet sounding drain cause big ones go in and clog it and almost overflow tank. I cant even throw in sump cause they have plugged up my skimmer outlet and caused it to overflow in sump as well. POS snails Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I hate my nerites i am getting rid of them..it seems all they do is make a break for my overflow..its been more then 2 times I woke middle of night to burping toilet sounding drain cause big ones go in and clog it and almost overflow tank. I cant even throw in sump cause they have plugged up my skimmer outlet and caused it to overflow in sump as well. POS snails ha, mine have almost flooded me a few times too. A few have ended up as mantis food because of it. Link to comment
seuadr Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 They are awesome cleaners in freshwater tanks. I still see lots of eggs though. Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 never had much luck with nerites either. these days all i use are ceriths and bumblebees (when i can get them). Link to comment
Stakins Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 My nerites love to ride on my spin nozzle. I have eggs everywhere too. They don't try to escape anymore. (did try once). I think they love the spin nozzle too much to leave now! Link to comment
GoldenHawk Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Ha! Oh nerites....they do an 'ok' job at cleaning the tank, and I can almost tolerate their constant egg laying. But they're suicidal. On my old tank w/ an overflow, they'd get sucked into the back compartment and rattle around...or escape from the tank completely. With my drilled tank, one of them somehow managed to get down into my sump. Mind you, I cover my pipes with netting to prevent that kind of behavior. How that voodoo nerite managed to pass through is beyond me... Link to comment
TeamIM24 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 We have nerites and the eggs are all over the place. I counted right at 100 the other day. If they get on the glass I scrape them but haven't messed with the ones on the back wall. The big ones get out about once a week. I think they like cleaning the outside of the tank! Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I wish mine would lay more eggs, my fish love it. Link to comment
uwharrie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I hate my nerites as they lay hundreds of eggs daily. I scrape them off but the fish just ignore the eggs. Seriously considering returning the nerites to the lfs Link to comment
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