The search for more nerites!

[mistahoo]

So when I was at HAW the other day, I was getting this itch to get many kinds of nerites and just dumping them all into the ramshorn hatchery tank. I picked up two horned nerites and one black racer nerite. Anyone spotted any nice or uncommon nerites in any of the LFS? Or even online?

I came across Batiki Nerites and Wide Line Zebra Nerites on Elite Inverts while I was looking up nerites and they look pretty cool!

[Jason]

Are you planning to breed them? I've always heard they bred only in brackish.

[mistahoo]

More of collecting them than breeding. Although the though has crossed my mind. I've heard nerites breed in all types of water depending on the nerite. Is this wrong? I'm a complete noob when it comes to inverts. Still learning the ropes.

[Jason]

From what I've heard and read, they can breed and lay eggs in freshwater but the baby nerites won't survive unless its brackish.

[mistahoo]

Re: The search for more nerites!

I have no clue. I haven't read too much into nerites yet

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[Fancyfish]

I've been reading up on them with the idea of breeding them. The nerite adults live in fresh water streams. they lay eggs on branches and stuff and either the new hatched snails or the eggs float down to the salt water. Then the young head up stream through the brackish water to the fresh water. What I've read says to start the young snails out in salt water and change a little bit of it each day for a month until it is fresh water.

Hope this helps you.

[armthehomeless]

Re: The search for more nerites!

Bob's Tropicals usually has a good variety. Let me know what you want... I've got several types (4 or 5).

[mistahoo]

Re: The search for more nerites!

Bob's Tropicals usually has a good variety. Let me know what you want... I've got several types (4 or 5).

I completely overlooked Bob's tropicals. I'm not sure what I want other than what I've pmed you about.

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[luvmycichlids]

Petco @ 249 & Spring Cypress has Zebra Nerites for $2.99 ea. They had wide & narrow stripe and track Nerites as well when I was there 2 wks back.

[mistahoo]

Petco @ 249 & Spring Cypress has Zebra Nerites for $2.99 ea. They had wide & narrow stripe and track Nerites as well when I was there 2 wks back.

Last time I was there was about 2 months ago and they didn't have anything worth mentioning. I'll drop by whenever I'm in the area to check it out.

[luvmycichlids]

Show tank where snails are is good but be leery of buying any fish!! Store employee for fish is clueless and they have been having issues because of this, expect to see more than a few dead fish in the tanks. I have had no problems with the snails I got at that location.
Show tank also had another variety of snail in the tank that the store has no lable for (they don't know what it is!!) I'm pretty sure it's a type of Rabbit snail. I saw some like it at Tim's when I got some of his Horned Nerites. Be on the look out if your interested because this girl was going to toss it in the my bag at "no charge", I didn't get it because the one I found was an empty shell but she said there were more in the tank we just couldn't spot any at that time. :)