Re: Assassin Snails
My friend has Assassin snails. They eat very slow, I think it takes them like 30 mins just to eat one snail, we were watching them eat a couple of times. Also, these were pond snails too. Ramshorn snails, Im not even sure if they can eat. They are 5x-7x the size of Assassin snails. In a big tank with hundreds of snails, Assassin snails will never work. You will need something like clown loaches or goldfish or something. They also bred in his tank, but I think process is very slow because we only saw very few of the babies.
IMO I think netting them out is much more efficient. I use a net and slide along all 3 sides of my tank glass scooping up the snails. Even the ones climbing on my floating riccia fluitans and some on the leaves of plants. Ive been keeping up this habit every day. I scoop about 4-5 snails a day. It is basically snail-less because you rarely see any. I keep it under control that way.
I... Hate... Snails...
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55gallon
Light - 6500K CFL, 23wattsx5 5hr/day
Substrate - Red Mexican Clay, Sphagnum Peat moss, Eco-Complete
Misc- Pressurized CO2, EI Dose KNO3, KH2PO4, CSM-B
Plants -Limnophila Aromatica, Stargrass, Dwarf Hair Grass, Christmas Moss, Baby Tears (HM), Dwarf Baby Tears(HC), Rotala Rotundifolia, Ludwigia Glandulosa, Riccia Fluitans
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