The nerites are coming, oh wait they are finally HERE!!!

Having spoken with importers and looking through pricelists for so long, I have developed a rather nasty habit of not trusting what wholesalers say. :huh:

I look forward to hearing everybody's experiences with the snails.
 
Well so far so good :) I know about the skepticism, for shrimp I don't trust these guys at all. They sent me wrong species (other than what I ordered). All the snails I have gotten have been spot on though.
 
Wow they look great!
 
Well hi there, Debbi! Haven't seen you on SD lately. I'm on a mission to buy some nerite snails for the Discus tank so here I am. Trouble is I can't make up my mind which nerites I want, there are so many beautiful nerites.

Connie
 
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Various Nerite Questions

Can anyone tell me if there are there Nerites that are better for certain types of algae? How about brown diatoms? Do any eat that? Being on well water I still get that brown junk.

Also, several people on my Discus forum said that snails can be carriers of parasites that can be transmitted to my Discus. Yet I've read that snail parasites are specific to snails and don't cross over to fish. True or false? I'm concerned about putting anything in my tank that can cause a problem for my Discus.

My tank water has PH of 7.4 but dkh of 4 and dgh of 5. Will that be okay for them?

How about a tank temp of 83-84 - okay or not?

Thanks!

Connie
 
poconogal said:
Can anyone tell me if there are there Nerites that are better for certain types of algae? How about brown diatoms? Do any eat that? Being on well water I still get that brown junk.

Also, several people on my Discus forum said that snails can be carriers of parasites that can be transmitted to my Discus. Yet I've read that snail parasites are specific to snails and don't cross over to fish. True or false? I'm concerned about putting anything in my tank that can cause a problem for my Discus.

My tank water has PH of 7.4 but dkh of 4 and dgh of 5. Will that be okay for them?

How about a tank temp of 83-84 - okay or not?

Thanks!

Connie
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Hello Connie!
Snails can harbor nematodes when they are wild collected, this is true. Usually a qt period of a month or more is adequate to make sure nothing can be harbored. The snails that I am selling have been qt'd for longer than this already. Nerites will very readily eat all the biofilm algaes first (specifically diatoms is very palatable as its soft). With your temperature, you would do best with the clithon corona snails or sun snails. I keep them with my discus and they are doing very well. Your hardness is on the low side, but I think with how tough the nerites are they would do quite well for a long time before you noticed any erosion. Most other snails cannot tolerate that temp range. I have had excellent luck with the c. coronas though in my discus tank and think they would be a good choice. Please feel free tomessage me if you need more information.
 
Wycco said:
poconogal, I believe this is the actual sale thread for these:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194448
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Thanks, Wycco!

msjinkzd said:
Hello Connie!
Snails can harbor nematodes when they are wild collected, this is true. Usually a qt period of a month or more is adequate to make sure nothing can be harbored. The snails that I am selling have been qt'd for longer than this already. Nerites will very readily eat all the biofilm algaes first (specifically diatoms is very palatable as its soft). With your temperature, you would do best with the clithon corona snails or sun snails. I keep them with my discus and they are doing very well. Your hardness is on the low side, but I think with how tough the nerites are they would do quite well for a long time before you noticed any erosion. Most other snails cannot tolerate that temp range. I have had excellent luck with the c. coronas though in my discus tank and think they would be a good choice. Please feel free tomessage me if you need more information.
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PM sent with some of the same questions, sorry! Didn't realize you had posted a response already, thanks!
 
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