Algae eating snails that DON'T reproduce?

[BassetsForBrown]

Hi,
I have a 90g with a fully grown Oscar. I want to add something that eats algae but doesn't **** like a pleco. However I've heard of people with tanks that became overrun with snails breeding like rabbits.


Any suggestions?

 

[celebrist]

I think nerite snails only reproduce in brackish water so that might work for you

 

[BassetsForBrown]

I think nerite snails only reproduce in brackish water so that might work for you

Is the Oscar likely to try an eat them - and choke to death on the shell?

 

[celebrist]

I have no idea, sorry

 

[The Morning]

Nerites meet your requirements and come in several color options but I would be surprised if and Oscar wouldn’t try to pick them off.

 

[kno4te]

Nerites meet your requirements and come in several color options but I would be surprised if and Oscar wouldn’t try to pick them off.

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[waytoodeep03]

Would a dovii eat these guys?

Looking to get an algea cleaner for my tank that he wont kill

 

[tlindsey]

Would a dovii eat these guys?

Looking to get an algea cleaner for my tank that he wont kill

I think a snail will have a better chance than a Pleco.

 

[cockroach]

The only thing I didn't like about nerite snails, and the main reason I stopped keeping them, was they lay little white eggs everywhere. Eventually my tanks were covered in hard, white specks.

 

[Zack cloutier]

I had 6 nerite snails with a few fish my Oscar being one of them. He would pluck them off the bottom, swim to the top of the tank and spit them out and then try to catch them as they fluttered down. It was actually entertaining to watch but needless to say there are no more nerite snails in my tank lol

but I agree the white egg spots all over the tank are annoying.