Erm Thought Assassins

[littlenemo]

i bought some assassins 3 of and well a pest snail has just gone past it and crawled over my assassin and it did not even eat it???

 

[fishprotector]

When I used to have some, they took a while to get going, but once they did there were empty shells everywhere.

 

[Mowbz]

Not hungry?

 

[Aqua Tom]

I find it rare to see my assassins actualy killng somthing but when I introduce new plants I often find a small shell or two that they have sucked the juicy bits out of. They are like very slow Ninjas.


Tom

 

[Meggie :)]

yes, mine did the same thing...but give it some time and you will have more empty snail shells than you know what to do with

 

[fishprotector]

Make a necklace for your girlfriend lol?

 

[jenjen_82]

Out of interest how big are assassin snails? I'm wanting to get 1 but have a zebra nerite snail in my tank which I don't want eating lol

 

[the_lock_man]

Out of interest how big are assassin snails? I'm wanting to get 1 but have a zebra nerite snail in my tank which I don't want eating lol

An adult assassin is a little smaller than a zebra, but I still wouldn't risk it.

Nemo, to answer your question, assassins aren't like fish, in that they won't eat for the sake of eating. When they want a snail, they will get one - I would suggest that yours just wasn't hungry when the pest snail went past.

 

[CezzaXV]

Question: I have apple snails in my tank - would assassin snails be okay to put in?