Nerite snails out of water

[squirrilah fish]

My nerite snails climb up above the water line sometimes, Is this normal?

 

[shellyx]

Mine do that when they are cleaning, they just turn around and head back down

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[emilygupps]

Mine do that for two reasons:

sometimes there is some tasty algae to eat there from when the water was higher

Or it's an indicator of a needed water change. I always check the water when I have more than one out and 1:3 times it could use a change.

I usually gently remove them and pop them back in either way. I worry they will dry out.

 

[squirrilah fish]

Ya the water is fine. Probably just eating then it seems weird, I worry they'll dry out too.

 

[Mama Karoti]

Mine kept escaping and I would find it on the floor. I would pop it back and water and after a while it was fine. Did that one time too many, though, and eventually bit the dust. I didn't get anymore Nerites after that. In good about water changes, so I figured there was just something in my water it doesn't like. Shrimp don't survive either. Gave up on this too.

 

[lovecatfish]

Mine escape as there are loaches, they would hang slightly above the water surface during the day, going back into the water at night.

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[Gillie]

Nerite snails regularly leave the water, when I lived in Florida I would find them quite a ways up the grasses in the salt marsh, it's just a natural habitat.

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[dangreen7]

Mine kept escaping and I would find it on the floor. I would pop it back and water and after a while it was fine. Did that one time too many, though, and eventually bit the dust. I didn't get anymore Nerites after that. In good about water changes, so I figured there was just something in my water it doesn't like. Shrimp don't survive either. Gave up on this too.

Maybe you had some copper in your water? I know inverts and copper don't mix


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[anteatergoanna]

My snails lay their eggs above the water line, not sure if the Nerite Snails do


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[Mama Karoti]

Maybe you had some copper in your water? I know inverts and copper don't mix


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Could be, except that I have assassin snails that have been doing fine for about a year now and have even produced offspring.


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[Gillie]

Again, it is a natural behavior for them to leave the water occasionally

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[sobersteve323]

Nerite snails regularly leave the water, when I lived in Florida I would find them quite a ways up the grasses in the salt marsh, it's just a natural habitat.

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Again, it is a natural behavior for them to leave the water occasionally

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This.

They're tidal snails and probably fine. They also won't dry out (assuming they don't escape onto your floor lol).

 

[Khuligirl93]

This.

They're tidal snails and probably fine. They also won't dry out (assuming they don't escape onto your floor lol).

+1. They live on the coast of rocky areas naturally, meaning they have adapted to the rise and fall of the tides. They are able to suction on to a surface veeeery tightly, trapping the moisture inside so they won't try out.


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[emilygupps]

You guys have a wealth of nerite knowledge! Kudos. I will leave my snails be from now on. If they want to chill above the water lime for a few hours do be it.

 

[lovecatfish]

Just make sure they don't end up on the floor

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