Cerith Snail

Name: Cerith Snail
SKU: Snail Cerith
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Current price is: ₹350.00. Original price was: ₹599.00.

Care Level – Easy
Temperament – Peaceful
Color Form – Black, Green, White
Diet – Omnivore
Reef Compatible – Yes
Water Conditions – 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Max. Size – 1½”
Origin – Caribbean, Mexico
Family – Cerithiidae

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SKU: Snail Cerith Categories: Marine Invertebrates Most Popular Sale Center Snails

Product Description

The Cerith Snail’s small
adult size fool you. As well as having a gorgeous, elongated spiral
shell, this active scavenger can consume large amounts of detritus,
uneaten food, fish waste, and algae. Plus, this species of the Cerithium
genus often burrows in your aquarium sand and helps maintain adequate
oxygen levels in the substrate.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. This voracious feeder is most active at night. In fact,
breeding pairs of Cerith Snails will lay their eggs on your aquarium
glass just after dark in long, stringy curves. However, since these eggs
take a while to develop, they are often consumed by other tankmates or
removed from the water column by filtration before the eggs have a
chance to hatch. The Cerith Snail is extremely difficult to breed in
captivity. Not only is determining the sexes difficult, but the water
parameters required to do so are unknown.Like
other invertebrates, the Cerith Snail is sensitive to high nitrate
levels and copper based medications. It also requires a gradual
acclimation process, preferably the drip acclimation method, since it is
sensitive to even minute changes in water parameters.