What Kind of Snails are These?

[angelvelez87]

What kind of snails are these? I found them on a river in a tour here in puerto rico!!



They look awesome!!

 

[Sake]

Nerite snail?

 

[angelvelez87]

Thats what someon in a local aquarium told me! I hope so! If they are nerita snails they are safe for my tanks right??

 

[Coursair]

Thats what someon in a local aquarium told me! I hope so! If they are nerita snails they are safe for my tanks right??

Wild Caught Snails or anything needs quarantine. Snails can introduce nasty stuff.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebindex/fwsnails.htm

 

[MABJ]

Sake is right. They're a 'baseball cap' Nerite, I believe.

Coursair also knows her stuff.

They're safe in the respect that they wont eat your tank's plants.

 

[angelvelez87]

Thank you!!

 

[Sake]

You should bring a few back for me and MABJ! Or just me

 

[MABJ]

Aw I can't take more nerites I wish though! They look cool.

 

[jetajockey]

Nerites are actually quite common all along coastal regions in estuarine and even full seawater environments. I'm far from snail expert though so I don't like IDing stuff since theres tons and tons of species out there. I believe there are multiple nerite species in our part of the world, but the really cool ones like the horned, corona, etc are all from overseas.

 

[angelvelez87]

yes guys they are looking good in my tanks!! I'd love to send you some but i dont know how to to be honest with you! I've never trully believe in shipping live animals because of bad experiences!!

 

[Sake]

Lol I was just teasing a bit is all and saying what a wonderful find!

 

[angelvelez87]

Thank you thank you!! I took like 10 of them but i could have taken like a 100 cause they were everywhere on the river!! And a very cold water temp too!!

 

[MABJ]

Thank you thank you!! I took like 10 of them but i could have taken like a 100 cause they were everywhere on the river!! And a very cold water temp too!!

What did you find them grazing on?

 

[angelvelez87]

On rocks!!

 

[MABJ]

They're definitely nerites foraging for algae, then.

Make sure you have an established tank and supplement them with algae wafers.

 

[angelvelez87]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is algae wafers?

 

[Sake]

Little disks of algae and other foods made specifically for algae eaters, you can get some at petsmart or petco.

 

[MABJ]

There's different kinds, from low grade (Wardleys) high grade (hikari).

They do the same thing, but don't always feed low grades.

 

[angelvelez87]

I fed them tonight with some wafers for plecos and algae eaters with Sera brand! Plus some shrimp pellets for my cory cats too!

 

[Sake]

So jealous wish I could catch some nerite snails! My lfs has some I'll get at a later date when I set up another tank..and another...and another...*sigh* soo many tanks that I want!