Invertebrates
Mangrove Nerite Snail
Neritina virginea
Also called: N. turrita
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH7.5–8.5
- Adult size2 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
Full profile
- Family
- Neritidae
- Origin
- Caribbean, Tropical Atlantic
- Size
- 1 – 2 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 7.5 – 8.5
- GH / KH / TDS
- Salinity 1.005 – 1.020
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- brackish – marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Compatible with fish
- Compatible with almost all species except puffers, which will destroy it
- Diet
- Algae-eater (algae on the glass and substrate)
- Reproduction
- Lays eggs on surfaces (they do not hatch in freshwater or brackish water)
Notes: The best glass cleaner for brackish aquariums. Salinity-tolerant Nerite species include N. virginea and N. turrita. Ideal for controlling algae in brackish aquariums. They will not survive with pufferfish; do not keep them together.
