Florida Cerith Snails
Saltwater stocky florida cerith snail.
Florida cerith snails. Our cerith snails are collected off the west coast of florida. These snails will consume diatoms detritus cyano film and hair algae. Add to cart recommend.
We use these snails exclusively in our facility to keep our aquaculture tanks and sand beds clean. Browse these categories as well. Aquarists love them because they also serve some very useful purposes.
Cerith snails cerithium sp also called creeper snails are very popular marine snails in pet stores. They are herbivores that love diatom algae and will also control green film algae. 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.
Contact us 1 800 334 3699 help. They are similar to regular cerith snails but are larger and much prettier. They reside in the substrate especially but will also clean the rocks and glass of your aquarium.
Florida cerith snails range in size from an inch to 2. These snails will bury into the sand bed crawl along rockwork or aquarium glass and do much of their feeding at night. They are found on muddy grass beds where they help to keep slime and nuisance algae off of the sea grasses.
Also known as the dark cerith. Whorls covered with beaded ornamentation and fine threading. Shell can be dull white grey and brown occasionally speckled with white or brown spots.
About one snail per five gallons of tank size is recommended. Plus sales tax fl res and delivery. The cerith snail cerithium sp is one of many algae and detritus eating ornamental invertebrates available at liveaquaria for your saltwater marine aquarium.
It is reported that they will consume diatoms. The florida stocky cerith is a great addition to any tank. These are some of the hardiest snails to keep because if they fall they can easily right themselves before predation unlike star snails.
In bare bottom aquariums they will spend most of their time on the rocks or on the bottom glass. The cerith snail is a tremendous scavenging snail that will devour the diatom algae in your aquarium. These snails are great all around and will clean up left over food and algae in the tank.
Be the first to rate this product in stock 1 49. Maximum size 1 inch. They will spend time on your substrate nibbling on detritus or they will be found crawling up the glass or plants and rocks searching for algae.
