shrimp safe? I have mine with cherry reds and i was wondering if they will hunt and easily kill my speedy cherry reds? i hope not. I feed them plenty.
Gruesome but fascinating. My 2 JTS's are slow pokes,they would never be able to outrun one of those snails. Even at regular speed those snail eaters are faster than my 2 JTS's. 40 snails in a week? unbelievable. Great video.
That happens sometimes. Even though I have lots and lots of these, sometimes I can't find a single one moving around - they do like to bury themselves as well. Odds are it'll be in another place tomorrow.
great. thank you. hmm, i have a quite a few snails in my tank that came complementary with the plants. if i get 1-2 of these assassins, do you think it'll take care of those jokers?
Depending on the size of the tank, a few Assassin snails should be able to keep the snail population within reasonable limits. When I added 40 snails to a tank containing 8 assassin snails, they'd eat all 40 of them within a week.
They will - most of the snails in the video are offspring. Only bought 8 adult ones. I've had them for more than a year now and they haven't become a pest like some snails do from time to time.
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They have a greyish tube (much like the trunk of an elephant) which they use to smell their surroundings and find food. They often follow the trail of other snails and eat them when they catch up with them.
At 3:35 in the video you can see a large assassin snail eating. It does this using a second reddish tube which is visible below the greyish one.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I've just learned about this snail very recently and I think it'd be interesting to keep this snail. Pond snails and ramshorn snails are invading my cherry shrimp tank and it might be time to bring them under control.
shrimp safe? I have mine with cherry reds and i was wondering if they will hunt and easily kill my speedy cherry reds? i hope not. I feed them plenty.
ciciironwill27 1 year ago
@ciciironwill27: They are shrimp safe. I keep some with red cherry shrimp as well. No problems at all.
plesnercph 1 year ago
@plesnercph Ok great! i feel better now, but i was also wondering, do they normally poop a lot?
ciciironwill27 1 year ago
@ciciironwill27: Not especially.
plesnercph 1 year ago
@plesnercph ok mine just might be eating a lot of snails LOL haha, but my shrimp are safe :) thank you
ciciironwill27 1 year ago
Gruesome but fascinating. My 2 JTS's are slow pokes,they would never be able to outrun one of those snails. Even at regular speed those snail eaters are faster than my 2 JTS's. 40 snails in a week? unbelievable. Great video.
musicman195959 1 year ago
chomp chomp.
They are eating
ntaqpl 1 year ago
2:25 -2:27 look at that beast move
johnnygstacks 1 year ago
at 02:04 you see one of them dig himself into the sand, that why you wont see them often :P
TheTrystar 2 years ago
plz reply i have had my snail for a few hours now and it hasent moved wots going on is it dead ????
mrhepden 2 years ago
That happens sometimes. Even though I have lots and lots of these, sometimes I can't find a single one moving around - they do like to bury themselves as well. Odds are it'll be in another place tomorrow.
plesnercph 2 years ago
thank you its moving now
mrhepden 2 years ago
it looks like the malaysian trumpet snails are not being picked off by them, is that true?
thewatersnake 2 years ago
They are eventually eaten, but it seems to be the Assassin snails least favourite prey. If anything else is available, they tend to eat that first.
plesnercph 2 years ago
great. thank you. hmm, i have a quite a few snails in my tank that came complementary with the plants. if i get 1-2 of these assassins, do you think it'll take care of those jokers?
shamrock1337tm 2 years ago
Depending on the size of the tank, a few Assassin snails should be able to keep the snail population within reasonable limits. When I added 40 snails to a tank containing 8 assassin snails, they'd eat all 40 of them within a week.
plesnercph 2 years ago
will these reproduce? i don't want to replace the pest snail with another snail :D
shamrock1337tm 2 years ago
They will - most of the snails in the video are offspring. Only bought 8 adult ones. I've had them for more than a year now and they haven't become a pest like some snails do from time to time.
plesnercph 2 years ago
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aquariaspot 3 years ago
its so weird to see them move at that speed...
o.o
so big
how exactly do they eat??
CherryTripping 3 years ago
They have a greyish tube (much like the trunk of an elephant) which they use to smell their surroundings and find food. They often follow the trail of other snails and eat them when they catch up with them.
At 3:35 in the video you can see a large assassin snail eating. It does this using a second reddish tube which is visible below the greyish one.
plesnercph 3 years ago
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I've just learned about this snail very recently and I think it'd be interesting to keep this snail. Pond snails and ramshorn snails are invading my cherry shrimp tank and it might be time to bring them under control.
casw265 3 years ago