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This is a discussion on Assassin snail question within the Crustaceans/Inverts/Mollusks forums, part of the Species category; Just wondering, what do assassin snails eat after they have assassinated all the other snail? Do they eat algae too?...
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Mine back home ate little sinking pellets/algae wafers.
Although i have heard that they will only breed if there are other snails to eat...I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
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i have heard that as well. any thoughts on if they would go after zebra snails?
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From what I understand they take out all snails....
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I heard they take all snails out..
Although i hear they like to eat snails that are smaller then they are.
That saying i have heard them "teaming" up on larger one.
That being said, all snails are at risk.I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.
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If you feed your inhabitant well, you will rarely run out of snails. common snails can and will eat other inhabitant poo..
On a side note: A few weeks ago, I added new assassin snails to a tank I was treating with prazipro and a 2.5" long white color worm mixed in with poo came out of the assassin snail. Good idea to quarantine snails too as they can be a host to unwanted pest.Last edited by EDGE; 01-13-2011 at 09:44 AM.
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Edge has a good point about quarantine. snails can act as hosts to a number of other organisms, some harmful, some not.
In the absence of snails, feed high protein pellets, frozen blood worm, dead fish...__________________
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Assassin snail question Dead fish eh... Lol
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I'm a curious guy, so some times I just let things happen.
I left a dead, female Endler sized fish on the bottom. It took the assassins, with help from a few cherry shrimp, 8 hours to consume everything but the spine, which took another 12 hours.
In less than 24 hours, no trace remained.__________________
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