Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Horned Nerite Snail
Clithon corona
Photo: Obsidian Soul · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH7–8
- Adult size1.5 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Neritidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific (estuaries and coastal rivers)
- Size
- 1 – 1.5 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.0
- GH / KH / TDS
- GH 6-15 / KH 3-10
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- freshwater
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- Algae-eater (film algae and green spot algae)
- Reproduction
- Lays eggs that do not hatch in freshwater
Notes: Small snail with spines on its shell. Excellent algae eater in nano tanks. May escape from the aquarium: a lid is recommended.
