Nerites?

[LeShrimp]

Does anybody know a good place to buy a nerite? I think it would make a nice addition to my supershrimp tank.

[BostonJill]

All the better if you know where to get these colorful Nerite snails.


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[LeShrimp]

All the better if you know where to get these colorful Nerite snails.


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WOW those are awesome

[BostonJill]

I have been looking for a long time. I don't think there in the US. I mean the very colorful nerites. The dull color ones are.

[LeShrimp]

I have been looking for a long time. I don't think there in the US. I mean the very colorful nerites. The dull color ones are.

That's a shame, I live in the U.S. . But I can deal with a dull snail XD

[BostonJill]

I'm in the U.S too but going to hold out till I find those beautiful bright red nerites with the tire tracks. If you can deal with the dull ones go to Petco they carry the zebra nerites.

[Mustafa]

The problem with nerites in Supershrimp tanks is that the nerites are *too efficient* at eating algae. They eat pretty much all the algae on every surface in the tank. Given the fact that Supershrimp tanks are fed very rarely, there may not be all that much food to go around..and without algae, nutrients may build up too much in the tank. It may work if you have Supershrimp Macroalgae that suck up the nutrients, but it will probably be suboptimal living conditions for your shrimp (i.e. they may not breed as often, or at all) and snails (not enough food).

[LeShrimp]

The problem with nerites in Supershrimp tanks is that the nerites are *too efficient* at eating algae. They eat pretty much all the algae on every surface in the tank. Given the fact that Supershrimp tanks are fed very rarely, there may not be all that much food to go around..and without algae, nutrients may build up too much in the tank. It may work if you have Supershrimp Macroalgae that suck up the nutrients, but it will probably be suboptimal living conditions for your shrimp (i.e. they may not breed as often, or at all) and snails (not enough food).

Thanks for the reply, I probably wont be getting them then. Do you have any suggestions for something that will eat the algae just a tad slower?

[Mustafa]

Well, the shrimp do quite a bit of slow algae eating. Other than that, the snails I'm selling (mostly Tarebia granifera) basically graze the algae but don't eliminate it like the nerites. Not that you necessarily need any snails, but they may help with *some* excessive algae growth (due to overfeeding) and people like to see different animals in their tanks.

[Flippers]

The problem with nerites in Supershrimp tanks is that the nerites are *too efficient* at eating algae. They eat pretty much all the algae on every surface in the tank. Given the fact that Supershrimp tanks are fed very rarely, there may not be all that much food to go around..and without algae, nutrients may build up too much in the tank. It may work if you have Supershrimp Macroalgae that suck up the nutrients, but it will probably be suboptimal living conditions for your shrimp (i.e. they may not breed as often, or at all) and snails (not enough food).

I was wondering about this with my nerite... He's doing well and there's algae growth, but I wonder if I should remove him before the shrimp move in. Aquarimax on YouTube cycles his nerite between his Opae tanks, but I only have one tank... What do you think I should do, Mustafa?

[MrsT]

To have nerite in Opae tank, it's good to have an additional containers to hold them just incase they eat too much in the opae tank, you need to transfer them over.
1 nerite per 5 gallon opae tank is sufficient.
The holding container should fill with the same water from the opae tank.

The better suited snails for Opae tank are of course Mustafa's one unless you know what you are doing combining nerite with opae.
If you starts this hobby with sand bed I don't recommend nerite. Sooner or later those shrimp poops and organic matter that accumulate under the sand will end up building a kinda yulky black algae, this is a job calling for Mustafa's snails. They are beneficial.

[Flippers]

To have nerite in Opae tank, it's good to have an additional containers to hold them just incase they eat too much in the opae tank, you need to transfer them over.
1 nerite per 5 gallon opae tank is sufficient.
The holding container should fill with the same water from the opae tank.

The better suited snails for Opae tank are of course Mustafa's one unless you know what you are doing combining nerite with opae.
If you starts this hobby with sand bed I don't recommend nerite. Sooner or later those shrimp poops and organic matter that accumulate under the sand will end up building a kinda yulky black algae, this is a job calling for Mustafa's snails. They are beneficial.

What types of snails does Mustafa sell?
Should I remove some of my sand?

[MrsT]

To have nerite in Opae tank, it's good to have an additional containers to hold them just incase they eat too much in the opae tank, you need to transfer them over.
1 nerite per 5 gallon opae tank is sufficient.
The holding container should fill with the same water from the opae tank.

The better suited snails for Opae tank are of course Mustafa's one unless you know what you are doing combining nerite with opae.
If you starts this hobby with sand bed I don't recommend nerite. Sooner or later those shrimp poops and organic matter that accumulate under the sand will end up building a kinda yulky black algae, this is a job calling for Mustafa's snails. They are beneficial.

What types of snails does Mustafa sell?
Should I remove some of my sand?

They are Tarebia granifera or Melanoides tuberculata. Brackish water snails. Just click the above shop link, you can find the info there.
If you are fond of keeping aquarium with sand bed/coral
rush or gravels it is fine, just leave your tank be as it is now cycling, don't do anything to reboot it.
I myself not fond of keeping bed of gravels/coral crush/sand. I have only experienced it few months before this and I don't like those yucky black stuff accumulate underneath.
Long before I started this hobby I used to rear freshwater cherry shrimp in bare bottom tank so ...that's the reason why I prefer a little or none on tank bottom.

[Mustafa]

I was wondering about this with my nerite... He's doing well and there's algae growth, but I wonder if I should remove him before the shrimp move in. Aquarimax on YouTube cycles his nerite between his Opae tanks, but I only have one tank... What do you think I should do, Mustafa?

The nerite isn't going to per se harm your shrimp or anything, but as was indicated above they require quite a bit more food than you're going to feed your shrimp...and in the meantime the nerite will literally "wipe clean" all other surfaces it can reach, which leaves less food for the shrimp. Your call.

[Flippers]

I was wondering about this with my nerite... He's doing well and there's algae growth, but I wonder if I should remove him before the shrimp move in. Aquarimax on YouTube cycles his nerite between his Opae tanks, but I only have one tank... What do you think I should do, Mustafa?

The nerite isn't going to per se harm your shrimp or anything, but as was indicated above they require quite a bit more food than you're going to feed your shrimp...and in the meantime the nerite will literally "wipe clean" all other surfaces it can reach, which leaves less food for the shrimp. Your call.

He's out and living with one of my bettas