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Zebra Nerite Snail
Neritina natalensis 'Zebra'
Family: Neritidae
The Zebra Nerite Snail is the most recognisable nerite variety, with a distinctly striped shell of alternating black and yellow bands that closely resembles a zebra's coat. Like all nerites it is an outstanding algae grazer — consuming green spot algae, diatoms, and film algae from glass, plants, and rockwork — and cannot reproduce in freshwater, keeping populations controlled. Hard water is essential for maintaining healthy shell integrity.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Herbivore – algae film, green spot algae, diatoms, blanched vegetables
- breeding
- Does not reproduce in freshwater
- lifespan
- 1–2 years
- max size
- 2.5 cm (1 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
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Water it likes
- ph
- 7.0–8.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 6–12 dGH (hard water essential for shell health)
- temperature
- 72–79°F (22–26°C)