Cerith Snails
Native to the caribbean and eastern pacific off the coast of mexico the cerith snail does best in larger well established reef systems with deep sand beds.
Cerith snails. Cerith snails will often appear dead during the day as the majority of their activity can be seen after hours. In fact breeding pairs of cerith snails will lay their eggs on your aquarium glass just after dark in long stringy curves. Cerith snails are small reef safe snails known for their hardiness and ease of care.
These small and striking snails can be a great addition to any marine tank. Reviews there are no reviews yet. Additional information reviews 0 additional information.
They are able to eat a considerable amount of diatoms cyanobacteria film algae detritus and hair algae throughout the tanks found in aquariums. Aquarists love them because they also serve some very useful purposes. Cerith snails will scale the rock work burrow in the sand bed and make themselves at home in your tank happily taking care of business.
They are best kept in tanks with plenty of live rock a thick sand bed and plenty of algae. About one snail per five gallons of tank size is recommended. Cleaner shrimp dr reef quarantined inverts snails.
The cerith snail cerithium sp is a wonderful scavenger snail that will devour diatoms and algae in the home aquarium. This voracious feeder is most active at night. Cerith snails are small snail scavengers with a pointy spiral shell.
Cerith snails do not grow big as adults their maximum size is usually about 1 inch or 2 5 cm in diameter. Cerithium speciescan be found all around the world but most of the snails in aquarium trade originate from the caribbean sea the sea of cortez and other waters near and around the united states the size of the species commonly available in the aquarium trade varies from less than an inch 2 5 cm to close to two inches 5 cm. Cerith snails are an excellent choice of sand stirring animal for marine aquarium systems with mature sand or mud bottoms whether in the display tank or refugium.
Dr reef quarantined inverts snails. Cerith snails cerithium sp also called creeper snails are very popular marine snails in pet stores. The aquarium system should be established for at least few months before introducing this voracious scavenger.
Cerith snails are voracious when in feeding mode. Cerith snails eat detritus fish waste algae and uneaten food. Be the first to review cerith snails cancel reply.
As nocturnal feeders the cerith snail is one of the most popular snails for their algae eating and sand sifting ability. Cerithiidae common name the cerithiids or ceriths is a large family of medium sized marine gastropods in the clade sorbeoconcha.
