Red Onion Snail

Red Onion Snail

The red onion snail, or onion nerite snail, is a scavenger and algae eater and, like all nerites, plant safe.  The pattern is a red body with small line patterns around the shell. Nerite snails do not overrun the fish tank and only grow to about one inch at full maturity. In fact to breed nerite snails need salt water. Nerites do well in most water conditions except for PH below 7.0.

These attractive snails do not get bigger than an inch and we recommend several for algae control in larger tanks.

Shipping and live arrival guarantee

Live Fish Store ships live aquatic life overnight via FedEx Priority Overnight or UPS Next Day Air so your Red Onion Snail arrives healthy and ready for your tank. Every live fish, coral and invertebrate is covered by our live arrival guarantee: report any DOA within 2 hours of delivery for store credit or a replacement. Aquatic-life orders of $80 or more qualify for free standard shipping.

More Algae Eaters for sale

Browse the full Algae Eaters collection at Live Fish Store, or take a look at these related picks: Racing Olive Snail, Thorny Tricolor Snail, Gold Inca Snail, Thorny Sunshine Snail, Albino Mystery Snail.