Aquarium Salt, Nerite Snails, and a Freshwater Aquarium

[Guupy42]

Many sources state that Nerite snails breed in saltwater. If I were to add one tablespoon of Aquarium Salt to a 5 gallon aquarium, would the concentration be high enough for the snail to lay eggs if it were a female? I have guppies in my aquarium, and I often use salt to treat fish disease. I have never done it with a Nerite snail in presence, though. I don't want snail eggs all over the aquarium, so I want to make sure that the salt is safe for the snail and won't make it reproduce.

 

Nerite snails only have a single gender, so they shouldn't be able to reproduce by themselves. This is just a theoretical question.

[Whitecloud09]

To answer that they can this, all females lay eggs in freshwater but they don’t hatch, I have read they can breed fully in brackish type tanks @Guupy42

On 3/8/2024 at 9:54 PM, Guupy42 said:

Many sources state that Nerite snails breed in saltwater. If I were to add one tablespoon of Aquarium Salt to a 5 gallon aquarium, would the concentration be high enough for the snail to lay eggs if it were a female? I have guppies in my aquarium, and I often use salt to treat fish disease. I have never done it with a Nerite snail in presence, though. I don't want snail eggs all over the aquarium, so I want to make sure that the salt is safe for the snail and won't make it reproduce.

 

Nerite snails only have a single gender, so they shouldn't be able to reproduce by themselves. This is just a theoretical question.

There is male in Female I thought, what do you  mean @Guupy42if I may ask?

On 3/9/2024 at 7:48 AM, Whitecloud09 said:

There is male in Female I thought, what do you  mean @Guupy42if I may ask?

Oh ok I looked it up, never mind @Guupy42.

[Guupy42]

@Whitecloud09What I meant was that each snail has a specific gender, and can't change throughout their lifetime. Thank you for the clarification of the fact that they can still lay eggs, I never knew that. The question is that if aquarium salt will be enough to make eggs hatch, if there are any present.

Edited March 9 by Guupy42

[Whitecloud09]

@Guupy42 no they can’t succeed in breeding in a tank with a little bit of salt, they are required to have brackish water tank to breed, that is why they are good snails if you do not want babies everywhere, hope this helps 🙂

[lefty o]

they will lay eggs regardless of amount of salt, the eggs being viable is a whole nother matter. i dont think just adding a little salt will work well.

[Tanked]

I'm down to 1 snail, so I don't have viable eggs.   As mentioned above, Nerites require brackish water to hatch.   ...and to raise the plankton sized fry,  ...and a transition tank to convert to fresh water.  For this reason your snails are probably wild caught.  The definition for brackish water tends to vary.  You probably need 1 tablespoon of marine salt per gallon.  

Some other brackish water measurements:  Specific gravity of 1.0004-1.0226, .5-30 grams per liter, 500-30,000 ppm.

Here is a link to this topic with some instructions from 2021  good luck!

 

https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/7379-nerite-snail-breeding/