Asassin Snails

[welshfish1]

will assasin snails eat apple snails?

 

[soybean]

No, only snails smaller than itself.

 

[welshfish1]

ok what about baby apples?

 

[Aqua Marine]

ok what about baby apples?

Yes it will eat any snail that it was successfully kill. Assassin snails can kill fully grown apple snails if there are a few of them as they will work together to corner and kill snails that can be 3x the size of the assassin snail. I would only recommend getting assassin snails if you have no other snails in the tank that you care for!

 

[welshfish1]

thanks for the replies I love my apple snails and dont want to get rid of them so any other ideas how to get rid of pests?

 

[soybean]

You could separate your baby apple snails until they're a little larger.

One assassin is incredibly unlikely to go after an adult apple snail if there are pest snails readily available in the tank. Especially if you only keep one assassin - they're pretty small compared to an apple snail. Mine wiped out my pest snail population in no time on its own, now if I see any pest snails they're never around for long.

Snail eating fish are rarely an ideal solution. Most get very large.

This leaves removing the pest snails by hand as and when you see them. Avoid over feeding the tank and you shouldn't get too many snails anyway.