snowpetals Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I was wondering what species of snails everyone keeps and the differences they notice in their cleaning skills. I have three different nerite species: olive: fat and only clean if there isn't any supplemental food hanging around. bumble bee: awesome! these guys are pretty fast, small , and pretty much ignore everything except algae red-lipped: slow but efficient. spend more time eating off driftwood than glass then there's the bladder snails which zoom around and eat algae off every little corner of every little leaf. and the um...rabbit snails the laziest snails I've ever seen. Probably only clean a leaf a day. lol they actually sleep on their backs. I keep thinking they are dead, but no. they just roll back over when they are ready to clean their one leaf again. I just find it interesting how vastly different each species is . Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 The Bumble bee snails are salt are they not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 hmm they seem to be doing just fine in fresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Ramshorns are great for cleaning algae off glass and leaves. They'll also eat debris, and food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 They are a tidal snail that can go eather way but only breed in saltwater. .. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I been thinking about putting snails in my shrimp tanks but don't know which. +1 for this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I've had the red nerite with black "tire-track" markings - started with three, only have one a year or so later. They put a big dent in my diatom population (diatoms love my tap water), although I wonder now if that's just because no one is eating them. I seem to be losing my pond and bladder snails to something. Contrary to others' experiences, I've never had any eggs from them. Perhaps I got all males, or the species might be picky about when/where they lay eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Only my olive nerites seem to lay eggs...the other 2 species do not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungle64 Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Any body have some Ramshorns to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Any body have some Ramshorns to sell? you could easily buy a few from ebay for very cheap and start your own shrimp colony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I would go with horned nerites. .. they stay really small and I kinda feel like there small size doesnt intimidate the shrimp.... but dont let size fool you they destroy alge. . And they wount reproduce and over populate Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpetals Posted May 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I don't think any size snails intimidate shrimp. Mine have a blast riding on the larger ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Lol ide like to see that... Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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