3 Onion Nerite Snails

Onion Nerite Snails | 3 Pack The onion nerite snail, also called the red onion nerite snail, has a round shell with brown and cream bands with black spots that could resemble onion rings. These nerite snails love to graze on algae in both freshwater and slightly salty tanks. They stay fairly small  and won’t reproduce in a regular aquarium. Onion snails are steady cleaners and with unique shell pattern that make them a popular pick for planted and nano aquarium setups. Background and Key Benefits 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  beautifu