nerites

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

had an amazing bit of luck today..

went to my LFS, just to pop in to see what they had about.. managed to buy 6 ruby nerites for only £10!

think thats quite mad, theyre quite big as well.

Also managed to get 2 denison barbs for £14, which I recon isnt too bad either!

Who says the LFS is dead? 😀

 

[Steve Smith]

Bargain 😀

I saw somewhere doing denisoni's for £8 the other day which I thought wasn't too bad. I've never had nerites, are they particulalry good? AE's description of them does make them appealing 🙂

 

[Egmel]

managed to buy 6 ruby nerites for only £10!

😀 No Fair, the snail shop are out of them at the moment and don't know when they'll be back in, don't suppose you'd fancy parting with one would you? 😉 Not to worry really I've got some apple snails and a couple of bee staghorn nerites on their way, should be here on tuesday 😀

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

Bargain 😀

I saw somewhere doing denisoni's for £8 the other day which I thought wasn't too bad. I've never had nerites, are they particulalry good? AE's description of them does make them appealing 🙂

nerites are amazing snails.. they like to be in groups, where theyll munch mountains of algae together happily.

managed to buy 6 ruby nerites for only £10!

😀 No Fair, the snail shop are out of them at the moment and don't know when they'll be back in, don't suppose you'd fancy parting with one would you? 😉 Not to worry really I've got some apple snails and a couple of bee staghorn nerites on their way, should be here on tuesday 😀

hehe if the nerite drought persists, I might well go into business!!! At that price I could make a fortune and still be cheaper then both the Snail Shop and AE

 

[Egmel]

What you want to do is work out how to breed them.... then you'd really make a fortune 🙂

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

What you want to do is work out how to breed them.... then you'd really make a fortune 🙂

Theyre primarily a sea snail that has adapted to live in fresh water, so their eggs only hatch in a saline environment... which is a big pain, especially when they lay all over your rocks!

one day I might try a brackish tank, and throw a few in to see what happens.

 

[Egmel]

Theyre primarily a sea snail that has adapted to live in fresh water, so their eggs only hatch in a saline environment... which is a big pain, especially when they lay all over your rocks!

one day I might try a brackish tank, and throw a few in to see what happens.

I did have a quick search on the net, I think it's more than just 'a saline environment' they seem to be near impossible to breed. 🙁

As I say, if you can work out how to do it you could make a fortune!

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

yepyep

Ive read them breading in brackish, but the definition of what brackish actually meant in that case was not to be found! As far as I know, brackish is anything between fresh and marine!

who knows 🙂

 

[Themuleous]

I think my fondness for nerite snails is well documented!!! 😉

Sam

 

[Voo]

I used to have a nerite snail, it laid eggs all over my wood. Moved it to my brackish tank and it stopped laying eggs!! 🙄

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

just counted, they actually gave me 9 for a tenner!

 

[thebullit]

well done matt, been tempted for a while to geet some nerites but need to off load a few apples first.

 

[Egmel]

just counted, they actually gave me 9 for a tenner!

Wow, which store was this? They're going to be miles from me but someone else might be nearby and want to get some (if you haven't bought them all by now!)

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

southern aquatics in creekmore, Poole.

they had maybe 30 or so left.. they also have similarly cheap apple snails.

I recon they had a job lot, to see how they sold. Theyre pretty rubbish in supporting planted tanks, so stocking a planted tank snail probably resulted in no sales! Hense they gave me a few extra. I remember going in there some weeks ago and they were about £2.99 each, so seems about right to me.

Id offer to go in for you, but Im struggling for time at the moment with a mountain of teacher planning that Ive not done so far!

 

[LondonDragon]

Id offer to go in for you, but Im struggling for time at the moment with a mountain of teacher planning that Ive not done so far!

Leave that Sky HD alone for a while 😛

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

Id offer to go in for you, but Im struggling for time at the moment with a mountain of teacher planning that Ive not done so far!

Leave that Sky HD alone for a while 😛

lol yeah.. that and the new girlfriend. 😳

 

[LondonDragon]

lol yeah.. that and the new girlfriend. 😳

That is always a good sign 😉 enjoy

 

[Egmel]

lol yeah.. that and the new girlfriend. 😳

That is always a good sign 😉 enjoy

Agreed, enjoy 😀

Thanks for the psudeo offer but it really wouldn't be worth it, I've only got a small tank so would only be after a couple. I might just have a quick look in the LFS' local to my parents whilst I'm at home-home this weekend 🙂

 

[plantbrain]

Nerites?
Why sheettit, we got them by the handful:

From plant Fest:



Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Matt Holbrook-Bull]

lol Tom 🙂

for some reason there seems to be a real shortage in the UK. Maybe you should ship some to Richard, I know he was struggling to get supplies.