Zebra Nerite Snails

[Deano85]

The zebra nerite snail has to be the dumbest tank inhabitant I have owned. One died in less than 24 hours because it flipped itself at night and the other one I find multipule times a week upside down. I have never seen my two horned nerites upside down. But the zebras did come from Edmonton. :rofl:

[madagascariensis]

What substrate does your tank have?

In my experience healthy nerites very rarely detach and flip from the surface they are on, and if they do they right themselves with ease.

I suspect that an underlying health issue may be affecting your nerites, or that the substrate may be too fine (they are hard-surface specialists and have difficulty crawling over stuff like sand)

[Deano85]

Ya the tank has a sand substrate. I think is has trouble in the transitions between the sand and decorations. The horned nerites never have any troubles, but the zebra has a much larger surface area.

[madagascariensis]

maybe the horned ones are smaller and/or less specialized?

my horned ones sometimes crawl over plant leaves too. my larger nerites never leave the glass or large decorations if they can avoid doing so.