Sun Thorn Nerite Snails (Clithon donovani)

Sun Thorn Nerite Snails (Clithon donovani)

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Also known as Horned Nerite Snails, these snails are both charming and useful. They clean algae off of glass, plants, and decorations, eat hair algae, and keep your substrate clean. Sun Thorn Nerite snails are similar to Zebra Thorn Nerite snails in that their shells have small spikes protruding from them, but they grow 2 to 3 times as large. Some Sun Thorn Nerite snails also feature that black and yellow spiral pattern, while others come in colors like brown and olive green.

Nerite Snails are widely believed to be the single best snail in the aquarium hobby for eating algae. They are particularly effective against algae on hard surfaces, such as glass. They are totally safe with any fish, shrimp, or plants, and are completely peaceful. They require salt water to reproduce, so they will never overpopulate your aquarium (as most snails do). This makes them perfect for aquarium hobbyists who don't want snails reproducing in their tanks! Since they do not reproduce in freshwater, we generally send younger snails so that customers can enjoy them for their full lifespan.

When keeping any type of Nerite Snails, it's a good idea to make sure the water line in your aquarium isn't too high, as these snails tend to climb up beyond the water line. Additionally, Nerite Snails do not tolerate water with high nitrate levels. All freshwater snails are very sensitive to copper, so watch out for copper if you use tap water in your tank.

What We Like About These Snails:

Among the most voracious algae-eating snails
Do not reproduce in freshwater
Safe with plants
Completely peaceful

RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:

Temperature: 65° - 85° F (18° - 29° C)
pH: 6.5 - 8.0
KH: 5 - 12 dKH
Minimum tank size: 2 gallons per snail

CARE GUIDELINES:

Diet: Nerite Snails can subsist on algae if there is enough present in the aquarium. Their diet can be supplemented with algae wafers and/or blanched vegetables such as zucchini, kale, spinach, or cucumber.
Social behavior: Peaceful and solitary; will not engage with tankmates.
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Average adult size: .5 - 1 inch (1.3 - 2.5 cm)
Average purchase size: .25 - .5 inch (.64 - 1.3 cm)

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

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