Zebra Nerite Snails in a Reef Set up?

[Bobby24]

Hi All,

Perhaps this is not the right forum to ask this question, but has anyone tried putting the Zebra Nerite Snail (as in the pic below) or Horned Nerite Snail in a reef setup? Given that they need brakish water to breed, I wonder how these guys would do in a reef aquarium?

Bobbby

[Bree]

i have never tried putting one in a saltwater tank, have had luck in mudskipper tanks though. haha

I would be very interested to try putting one in a reef tank if it were even remotely possible.

Check it:
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/snail/nerite.php

[Kitsune_Gem]

There are salt water nerites, you can go get some of those if you don't want to risk your zebra nerites. The ones I get are 99cents each, and do a great job at cleaning.

[Jayme]

I know they sell "saltwater" nerites http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...72&pcatid=1472.

Not sure about the "freshwater" zebra nerites in salt though, haven't read anything about it.

[Bobby24]

I live in Hong Kong, never seen a Salt Water Nerite in the shops here. But we have loads of Fresh Water Zebras, and they are really beautiful, I will be setting up a 350 gal tank soon. Where I lived in India earlier there were tons of saltwater Nerites, we used to pick them in pails, they were delicious (the black and white guys in the pic)!

[Kunsthure]

I wouldn't do it. I just imagine a slug with salt poured on it. But that's just me.

-Lisa

[diwu13]

I'd imagine they wouldn't do well. They do fine in brackish water but I think full ssalt water would most likely kill them. No personal experience trying this though.

[DerekFF]

Brackish water and marine water salt levels are way different. I also dont think they would fare well

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[jasonpatterson]

I've got some at 1.012 (half salt) in my opae ula tank and they're doing well. I've not tried them at any higher concentration than that though. I certainly wouldn't use a freshwater species for the testing. Perhaps something like an olive nerite would do better.

[Bobby24]

Hi All,

I found this on the net, from a guy who breeds nerite snails (freshwater ones like zebras), looks they will survive, perhaps do very well in saltwater. It is an excellent article on breeding nerites:

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"3. Set up a small tank. I’m using a 1 gallon tank to nurse the babies nitrites. A air bubble line that is set very low 1bubble ever 2 seconds. Also a marine/saltwater (freshwater salt wont work). Why salt and no brackish. The reason is once these Nertie are born at this stage they need all the calcium and mineral to develop a health strong shell. Which well increase the level of survival as juveniles. I had little luck with brackish water. My percentage increased about 80 percent when I’ve hatched Nerite in fully saltwater tank. I usually fill the saltwater level just enough to cover the decor/driftwood.(this is where youll place your decor cover with eggs)"
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He says once the shells are fully formed and shiny he then starts to change the water gradually to fresh, by taking lots of 10% saltwater out and topping that out proportionately with fresh water every 2 days, they will die if you do it any faster, the process has to be gradual, so I guess you have to do the same in a reverse case scenario.

Regards,

Bobby