Assassin Snails kill Shrimps

[frothhelmet]

Apparently assassin snails can kill & eat shrimps!

http://www.forums.rareaquatics.co.uk/sh ... .php?t=512

Bummer!

 

[Steve Smith]

Bugger! I have about 6 at the moment, in with a load of cherries. Not seen this behaviour, but my tank is a holding tank, so not easy to see what's going on...

 

[mlgt]

Assassins will only eat dead shrimps. Ive never seen mine eat shrimps at all.

Ive also seen my CRS eating another dead CRS. I dont think its in their nature to eat live shrimps.
However I do only keep the young assasins in the shrimp tank, when it gets to a certain size I plonk them into my main tank.

 

[LondonDragon]

Guess its time to fish mine out, I have notice that most of my CRS shrimplets have disappeared since the introduction of the snails! coincidence?? maybe!!

 

[mlgt]

Its possible. But then you have such a dense planted shrimp tank they can be anywhere.

I constantly come across empty shells in my shrimp tank now so it seems the baby assasins are doing their job.

Maybe I take 2-3 out of the shrimp tank and chuck them into the main tank tonight.

 

[LondonDragon]

Either way mine are moving out permanently lol I can live with the pest snails

 

[Steve Smith]

Either way mine are moving out permanently lol I can live with the pest snails

Mine too Only had them a few weeks, and they've done quite a good job. Maybe we should set up a pest snail removal service and just hire them out to members for 2 weeks at a time

 

[LondonDragon]

Mine too Only had them a few weeks, and they've done quite a good job. Maybe we should set up a pest snail removal service and just hire them out to members for 2 weeks at a time

I like it, Assassins for hire

 

[mlgt]

LOL. funny idea

Loaning out a clean up crew lol.

 

[Steve Smith]

I like it, Assassins for hire

Hmmmm, I'm thinking something like...

 

[mlgt]

Looks pretty cool.

I would have imagined him having shells as shoes and riding on a big assasin snail.

Even having a shell on his head