Nerite snails in 20H...

[Rocky998]

So, if you've seen my other posts you'll know that I'm going to be having 3 peacock gudgeons and 9 lambchop rasboras in the 20H (24"×16"×12") (these measurements are in inches) And I wanted to know how many nerite snails I could do... 2,4,6,8...10? I know they dont have a huge bio load but still have one and also I know some fish eat small snails, so I was wondering if the nerites are big enough to not be eaten or if the peacock gudgeons would even try

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

So, if you've seen my other posts you'll know that I'm going to be having 3 peacock gudgeons and 9 lambchop rasboras in the 20H (24"×16"×12") (these measurements are in inches) And I wanted to know how many nerite snails I could do... 2,4,6,8...10? I know they dont have a huge bio load but still have one and also I know some fish eat small snails, so I was wondering if the nerites are big enough to not be eaten or if the peacock gudgeons would even try

Nerites are too big to be eaten by your other tank inhabitants.
I suggest you start off with just 4 and see how you go.

 

[Rocky998]

Nerites are too big to be eaten by your other tank inhabitants.
I suggest you start off with just 4 and see how you go.

Ok! 4 was the number I was going to try to do! Thanks for the help.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Ok! 4 was the number I was going to try to do! Thanks for the help.

Four was a deliberate number...you need to keep an eye on them and it'll be easier to keep track of just the four.
These snails are great, but they have a disability, in that they can seldom right themselves, if they fall off something and end up foot skyward. You'll have to get into the habit of righting them.

I know, I know...don't ask!

 

[Rocky998]

Four was a deliberate number...you need to keep an eye on them and it'll be easier to keep track of just the four.
These snails are great, but they have a disability, in that they can seldom right themselves, if they fall off something and end up foot skyward. You'll have to get into the habit of righting them.

I know, I know...don't ask!

So their lazy... HEY we have a connection

 

[Essjay]

If you can find 4 different species and get one of each, you shouldn't have eggs everywhere.

 

[Rocky998]

If you can find 4 different species and get one of each, you shouldn't have eggs everywhere.

They only do their thing in salt water... They dont have babies in fresh

 

[Essjay]

Not so much lazy as that they can't right themselves if there's nothing to grab hold of. They stretch right out of the shell looking for something, then a fish will swim by and decide to have a nibble which sends the snail right back tight inside the shell, then they stretch out again looking for a foothold, then a fish swims by and on and on. But if they are next to decor or the tank wall they can right themselves easily.

They only do their thing in salt water... They dont have babies in fresh

They still lay eggs in fresh water, they just don't hatch. The back of my main tank is covered in eggs which i can't reach to scrape off. It's one of the zebra nerites which lays the eggs so one of the other zebras must be a male.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

They only do their thing in salt water... They dont have babies in fresh

@Essjay is correct...the eggs are definitely unsightly.

 

[Rocky998]

@Essjay is correct...the eggs are definitely unsightly.

Ohhhh ok... So no live babies, just eggs that wont hatch... Can a siphon take care of those? Or one of those aquarium sponges?

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Can a siphon take care of those? Or one of those aquarium sponges?

No...to say that they stick like muck to a blanket, would be a gross understatement.

I've got off lightly.

 

[Essjay]

The eggs can be scraped off rigid surfaces like the tank walls or filter casing, and rocks. It needs something hard to scrape them off, I use the hard plastic removable cut out from an old tank lid. But those eggs on plants and wood are there forever - plants can't be scraped and scraping wood takes the surface off the wood as well as the eggs.

 

[Naughts]

Not so much lazy as that they can't right themselves if there's nothing to grab hold of. They stretch right out of the shell looking for something, then a fish will swim by and decide to have a nibble which sends the snail right back tight inside the shell, then they stretch out again looking for a foothold, then a fish swims by and on and on. But if they are next to decor or the tank wall they can right themselves easily.


They still lay eggs in fresh water, they just don't hatch. The back of my main tank is covered in eggs which i can't reach to scrape off. It's one of the zebra nerites which lays the eggs so one of the other zebras must be a male.

Females lay eggs even on their own. Maybe they expect a male to turn up any minute!

 

[Essjay]

In that case, the single nerite in the shrimp tank must be a male

 

[Rocky998]

Females lay eggs even on their own. Maybe they expect a male to turn up any minute!

Usually its the guy expecting a girl... Hm, snails are interesting... Maybe I should do some sort of shrimp instead... Dont get me wrong, those snails are beautiful, but I dont want to deal with those eggs