What should I do with my assassin snail?

[biofish]

I got an assassin snail a couple months ago because I was having pest snail outbreaks in my quarantine/fry tanks. They’ve all been eaten so for a very hot second. In fact, I’m kinda still surprised that he’s still alive. He’s currently slowly moving across a log right now.

But what should I do with him? I don’t want him to starve. I could take him and donate him to my local fish store but I’ve kinda pack bonded with him; call him Crunch. I can’t put him in my main tanks because my main tanks have nirate snails. Will putting some fish food in his tank be enough to keep him going? I have some shrimp pellets, tropical flakes, algae wafers, freeze dried bloodworms, and some beta food.

They’re carnivores and don’t eat algae, so would the shrimp pellets or the bloodworms work?

If they don’t, I making a run to my fish store to do a water test and I can take him with me then.

 

[otterblue]

Crunch should eat flakes and blood worms.

 

[Sgooosh]

Crunch should eat flakes and blood worms.

or you can grab some snails from the big tank and feed him!

 

[Colin_T]

You could always buy some ramshorn snails and breed them in a tub, then put some in with the assassin. Frozen foods should help too.

 

[DoubleDutch]

They feed on fishfood indeed (flakes pelletd and bloodworms etc)

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

What @DoubleDutch said.
Look after this snail and you might be surprised just how big it'll get.

 

[biofish]

Thank you everyone! I’m so happy that I can still keep him! I’m also shocked to learn that it’s probably because I put him in with my fry that he’s still alive . If I ever buy another plant that brings in an infestation it’ll be nice to have Crunch as my backup. (Bless quarantine tanks)

 

[Sgooosh]

Thank you everyone! I’m so happy that I can still keep him! I’m also shocked to learn that it’s probably because I put him in with my fry that he’s still alive . If I ever buy another plant that brings in an infestation it’ll be nice to have Crunch as my backup. (Bless quarantine tanks)

you can just feed him like a normal but carnivore little snail when there are no bounties for him

 

[biofish]

If anyone is still watching this, will my assassin snail eat snail eggs? Because the number of snail eggs in my main freshwater tank is a bit ridiculous

 

[Happilyretired]

Thank you everyone! I’m so happy that I can still keep him! I’m also shocked to learn that it’s probably because I put him in with my fry that he’s still alive . If I ever buy another plant that brings in an infestation it’ll be nice to have Crunch as my backup. (Bless quarantine tanks)

there could still be eggs waiting to hatch. It’s been months since the Bala sharks nd corydoras ate the snails that literally covered the sides of my tank. But, when I did my weekly water exchange, there were three snails hiding under a piece of driftwood. I’ve not added anything to the tank so they are from the infestation I encountered a few months back. The corydoras were first to see them and yum and yummy ate those snails right up.