Nerite snail
Neritina natalensis
Also called nerite, snail.
Lays hard white eggs everywhere but cannot breed in fresh water.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 2.5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 20 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 22 to 28 °C
- pH
- 7 to 8.4
- Hardness
- 6 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- herbivore
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether nerite snail fit the tank you have.