Assassin Snails

[FishGuest5123]

Any drawback to keeping assassin snails in a 55g tank with cories and neon tetras? I have an opportunity to get some free and want to eradicate all of the Malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorns in the tank.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

The only drawback I can think of, is that they eat non-pest snails, such as mystery and nerite.

If you don’t have any of those, I say go for it. I know how annoying MTS and BRH snails can be.

 

[Wills]

Sounds like a good option They look good too!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

They actually have a really hard time taking down mystery or nerite snails. I like them! Really cool little critters.

 

[OnlyGenusCaps]

Mine had quite the appetite for ramshorn snails. Eradicated those in no time! Much as I would have liked them to rid my tank of the nertites that found there way in there, they seemed disinterested in them. As far as I could tell they never ate a one. Interestingly, though they kept my bladder snails down to undetectable levels, those things returned as soon as the assassins were out of there.

 

[Colin_T]

Any drawback to keeping assassin snails in a 55g tank with cories and neon tetras? I have an opportunity to get some free and want to eradicate all of the Malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorns in the tank.

Welcome to the dark side fellow snail hater

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Welcome to the dark side fellow snail hater

Dem’ haters gotta hate...

 

[FishGuest5123]

Welcome to the dark side fellow snail hater

Oh know, I’m going down the rabbit hole with @Colin_T. No goblins for me though...or cats!

 

[Colin_T]

Oh know, I’m going down the rabbit hole with @Colin_T. No goblins for me though...or cats!

give it time

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I found a couple pond snails in my rice paddy biotope. They make me happy.

 

[eatyourpeas]

I found a couple pond snails in my rice paddy biotope. They make me happy.

Don't let @Colin_T come to your house!