Red Pumpkin Nerite Snails Red Pumpkin Nerite Snails are a freshwater snail known for their pumpkin like shells and their algae-eating abilities. These snails are incredibly hardy, and can thrive in a wide range of water conditions. Their vibrant shell colors can vary from red and pink with intricate white dots and markings, to orange or yellow with dark stripes. Known for their excellent scavenging abilities, they’ll even burrow through gravel to find every last bit of algae. While they are easy to breed, their eggs require brackish water to hatch, so there’s no concern about them reproducing in your freshwater tank. Nerite snails are one of the best algae-eating animals you can find for an aquarium. They are also known as Neritina sp. The snails we ship are adult size ranging from .5-1.5 inches in diameter, and range in colors and patterns. More about Pumpkin Snails Nerite snails or Neritina sp. are freshwater snails related to the mollusk family. They will clean algae from glass, substrate, and décor. They are also so popular in our hobby because they do not reproduce in freshwater. In the wild, these snails return to brackish water to breed and the baby snails require brackish water for early stages of growth. Therefore, Nerite snails will not overpopulate in an aquarium. Along with serving practical purposes in the aquarium, the snails have beautiful shells and they are fun to watch. If you look at your glass closely after adding them, you will see the tiny track marks these snails make as they graze on algae! We keep these snails on pool-filtered sand and in bare-bottom tanks with Matten filters. We also use LED lighting to provide enough natural algae growth for them to feed. Please note: During shipping, snails sometimes go into a hibernation-like state and may not become fully active for up to a week once acclimated to your aquarium. Tank Parameters pH: 7.2 to 8.5 GH: 7 to 15 KH: 2 to 8 TDS: 120 to 400 Temp: 68 to 78
