Nerite Snail Combo Pack: Tiger + Zebra + Zebra Thorn Nerites
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Love Nerite Snails, but can't decide which color and type to order? Then this is the combo pack for you!
- Zebra Nerite (Neritina natalensis): features gold and black zebra-like stripes
- Tiger Nerite (Neritina semiconica): a dark amber color with small black markings
- Zebra Thorn Nerite (Clithon corona/diadema): very tiny with a yellow and black spiral pattern.
Nerite Snails are widely believed to be the best snail in the aquarium hobby for eating algae. They are totally safe with any fish, shrimp, or plants, and are completely peaceful. Nerite Snails require salt water to reproduce, so they will never overpopulate your aquarium (as some freshwater snails are known to do).
Each type of Nerite Snail's shells are diverse and totally unique! Tiger Nerite Snails (Neritina semiconica) have shells that are a lovely dark amber color with small black marking that form encircling stripes! Assorted Horned Nerite Snails (Clithon corona/diadema/sp.) are EXTREMELY tiny, shipping out as pea-size or smaller. Some Horned Nerite Snails feature a black and yellow spiral pattern, while others come in colors like brown and olive green. Finally, the Zebra Nerite Snails (Neritina natalensis) have gold and black zebra-like stripes running all the way down.
Tiger and Zebra Nerite Snails usually range from 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter. Most often, they will remain around 1 inch throughout their lifespan, but the occasional snail will reach 1 1/2 inches! Assorted Horned Nerites range from 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, and will likely remain 1/2 inch when fully grown. Nerite Snails do not eat plants (only algae), so they are perfectly suitable for planted tanks.
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.
- Among the most voracious algae-eating snails
- Do not reproduce in freshwater
- Safe with plants
- Completely peaceful
- Temperature: 65° - 85° F (18° - 29° C)
- pH: 7.4 - 8.2
- KH: 5 - 12 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 2 gallons per snail
- 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: Northeast, East, and South Africa (Zebra Nerite), India and Indo-Pacific (Tiger Nerite), Indo-Pacific (Assorted Horned Nerite)
- Average adult size: 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm)
- Average purchase size: .5 - 1 inch (1.3 - 2.5 cm)
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
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
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
