snail in brackish

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Darkling
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snail in brackish

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is there a snail I could place in my brackish comm tank?
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Nerite snails. I even keep them with my puffers.

What is the SG? I converted a FW tank to 1.005 and when I did I removed all the ramshorns I could beforehand. The babies that were left behind have grown and continue to breed. They actually look better than the ones I have in FW. If you don't overfeed, ramshorns won't overpopulate and they are the best cleaners.
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As JRC3 says it depends on the SG, some freshwater Nerites do well up to SG1.005 and others will do well at higher SG's,such as Olive Nerites
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thanks you. SG is b/t 1.004-1.005

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