assasin snails

[Natureman]

Need to remove assasin snails when there is no more pest snails? My tank used to have soem pest snails and after putting in 3 assasin snails, the pest snails number dropped and these few days could not even find a pest snail? So need to take the assasin snails out or can still leave them in? Just worry that they attack shrimplets for food!

alot of people say it is safe but for i will not even put them into my tank i rather remove them manually cause me one of my OET.

[bettafantastic]

For me, I just leave it inside my tank.
Have not seen it eat any live shrimps so I guess quite safe

[Natureman]

Sometime I saw the assasin snails eat the shrimp pellet foods, so I guess as long as we feed the shrimp foods, should be ok to keep the assasin snails in.

they are opportunistic feeders

there was a thread here sometime ago , they ass snail , fell onto a shrimp and immediately wrap itself around the live shrimp and devoured it

Originally Posted by reaverx

they are opportunistic feeders

there was a thread here sometime ago , they ass snail , fell onto a shrimp and immediately wrap itself around the live shrimp and devoured it

, they will eat healthy shrimps too:x ? i read threads that they only attack sick shrimps or occasional attack on newly moulted shrimplets

[Natureman]

Assasin snail and shrimps sharing mosuara excel pellet. The pellet is underneath the snail

Originally Posted by thxpro98

, they will eat healthy shrimps too:x ? i read threads that they only attack sick shrimps or occasional attack on newly moulted shrimplets

Yea it was mine case last my golden eye blue tiger to it no more assassin snails to control snails. I now remove them by hand or piercers rather than use it

How can i get Assassin snail and pest snails? I want to feed them to my puffer!

[Natureman]

Originally Posted by avex30

Yea it was mine case last my golden eye blue tiger to it no more assassin snails to control snails. I now remove them by hand or piercers rather than use it

The problem with picking by hands is that it will never end. Before I introduced the assasin snails, I also have to pick those pest snails by hand every day and can get quite tiring because these pest snails multiply very fast. I think your golden eye blue tiger was just one unfortunate incident. So far I haven't seen my assasin snails attack live shrimps. I think the benefit outweighs the risk