What to temporarily feed a nerite?

[foxgirl158]

Hello!
I just bought an olive horned nerite from my LFS. I was going to order one online but jumped at the chance to buy one locally before they sold out. He is temporarily in a 1g with mature tank water while I wait to transfer him to my 10g tank in my high school library that is almost done cycling (also adding bb so that’ll finish the cycle nicely). What can I feed him while he’s in holding? There’s no algae in the 1g obviously, because it’s not set up all the time.

Pic of the little guy in question

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Hello!
I just bought an olive horned nerite from my LFS. I was going to order one online but jumped at the chance to buy one locally before they sold out. He is temporarily in a 1g with mature tank water while I wait to transfer him to my 10g tank in my high school library that is almost done cycling (also adding bb so that’ll finish the cycle nicely). What can I feed him while he’s in holding? There’s no algae in the 1g obviously, because it’s not set up all the time.

Pic of the little guy in question

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You could try algae wafers but my snails completely ignored it. Some people have luck with broccoli.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

This might be a useful link for ideas:

What Do Nerite Snails Eat? | Easy Care Aquariums

If you're thinking of adding snails to your aquarium one of the first things to consider is what sort of food they need. After all,…

easycareaquariums.com

 

[Naughts]

Why don't you put it in your main tank?

 

[Uberhoust]

I have one so I am an expert . He likes cucumber.

 

[foxgirl158]

Why don't you put it in your main tank?

It’s really small and I don’t want to lose track of it since it’s just going in a different tank in a day or two, plus it was in a tank with fish so it might be carrying diseases.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Algae wafers/sticks should do the trick.

 

[ZenWhen]

Hello!
I just bought an olive horned nerite from my LFS. I was going to order one online but jumped at the chance to buy one locally before they sold out. He is temporarily in a 1g with mature tank water while I wait to transfer him to my 10g tank in my high school library that is almost done cycling (also adding bb so that’ll finish the cycle nicely). What can I feed him while he’s in holding? There’s no algae in the 1g obviously, because it’s not set up all the time.

Pic of the little guy in question

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[ZenWhen]

I have seen my Nerites in the Repashy Soilent Green I feed to my fish.