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Old 07-23-2012, 09:15 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Ok now I know everyones home land gets to be a normal site for them to see but man that would be a beautiful place to go see. Nice habitat pics, those red ones stand out like a sore thumb lol.
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Question for you, from looking around on line Nerites seem to need salt/brackish to breed. How far from the ocean is that location?
I have been trekking for nerites and the places where they are usually found are freshwater springs near a river or creek that is 1km or nearer the sea.
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I have been trekking for nerites and the places where they are usually found are freshwater springs near a river or creek that is 1km or nearer the sea.
I would LOVE to go collect these if they had any in CA
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Interesting. I wonder if any of them can complete their entire life cycle in freshwater.

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Interesting. I wonder if any of them can complete their entire life cycle in freshwater.
They can, its just they won't be able to reproduce
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I know they can live just fine in FW I meant be able to breed and have offspring that grow to adult and breed.
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they cannot successfully breed in captivity even in a brackish tank.
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WOW that's beautiful! I wish I lived by pretty/exotic species
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