Description
Tiger Eye Nerite Snails | Pack of 5
Nerite snails are highly desirable additions to home aquariums. They display a distinct pattern on their small oval shells that resemble a tiger’s eye gemstone. On their heads, they have a pair of tentacles that can extend and retreat when threatened. Nerite snails have small, round mouths lined with a row of tiny teeth that they use to feed on algae, dead plants, or decaying matter. They also have a door-like plate attached to their foot called an operculum that they can use to bar the entry to their shell when they feel unsafe. They are relatively small attaining a size of about 1 inch in diameter.
Nerite Snails Care Guide
Nerite snails do not need any special accommodations and will thrive in varied water conditions. The acceptable water temperature range is between 70 F and 84 F and a pH of 7 and above. They are active species and will crawl through all surfaces in the aquarium in search of algae and other food. They will appreciate aquariums with plants, rocks, driftwood, and other tank decorations on which they graze continuously throughout the day.
Nerite snails are especially desirable in aquariums because of their ability to graze on all kinds of algae and keep it under control. They are famed algae eaters. They will efficiently remove algae from rocks, driftwood, aquarium glass, and other decorations. Except for some species of fish, there are no better natural ways to fight algae than Nerite snails. In addition to algae, Nerite snails will eat leftover fish food, detritus, biofilm, and other decaying matter.
Some aquarium hobbyists see snails as undesirable because some types of snails can breed prolifically. But this is not the case with Nerite snails as they require brackish water to reproduce and consequently cannot breed in freshwater aquariums.
Tiger Eye Nerite Snails’ algae-fighting prowess combined with their inability to reproduce in freshwater environments and ease of care makes them very popular in the hobby and highly desirable additions to home aquariums.
Reviews (75)
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Nerite snails
Posted by Rosie A on 4 May 2021The snails are happily cleaning my tank. The all arrived in good condition and thriving.
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Choice
Posted by Thomas Nowak on 22 Apr 2021All alive and doing well. Fast delivery. The snails are on the job.
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Tiger Eye Nerite Snails
Posted by Melissa on 21 Apr 2021Shipped quickly, they all survived, and went right to work on the algae in our fish tank. Great purchase!!
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Snails!
Posted by Elizabeth Coon on 19 Apr 2021I have always had snails in my tank & decided to switch from mystery to these guys this round! They are phenomenal! Everyone arrived healthy & were active within just a few hours! Nice selection of sizes too, so they aren’t all the same age! Thank you!!
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nerite snails
Posted by John Sekula on 15 Apr 2021arrived in good shape,put in cory species tank(brown algae)went right to work.on 3rd day one was laying eggs
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Snails
Posted by Lynnette Bugaj on 8 Apr 2021These snails are great. Highly recommend them.
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snails
Posted by kimma beth HEFNER on 1 Apr 2021added to my tank and they within 10minutes woke up and started working...had them a week now and they are a wonderful clean up crew...want to order more but not sure if they will multiple or not..
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Tiger eye nerite snails a good value because they are small and do the work of many 24/7. The aquarium is much cleaner now that they are in it. is small and do not reproduce in the tank.d
Posted by Judy Armstrong on 10 Mar 2021I will continue to purchase these tireless helpers for my aquarium.
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These snails are crazy good at eating algae
Posted by Scott Stall on 5 Feb 2021I would buy again.
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ok
Posted by vicki on 23 Jan 20214 snails and one empty shell. They 4 are doing well and the fifth is decorating a plant.
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5 pack of Nerite snails.
Posted by Eleanor Self on 22 Jan 2021Everything is wonderful so far. I was concerned about the snails traveling at this time of year but they all arrived alive. They found each other in the tank and huddled together a few hours. Then they spread out and started aggressively stripping the algae off of the tank and decorations. If they don't slow down the tank will be cleaned out in a couple of days and I'll have to start feeding them.
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Nerite snails
Posted by Brian A Brooks on 20 Jan 2021All arrived healthy and ready to go to work. One week later they are all very active and well.
