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Assasin snails

Post by Vandraco aka Bronzecat on Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:27 pm

Hi
Does anyone have these snails? If so do they keep pest snails at bay?

Thanks

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Re: Assasin snails

Post by kizno1 on Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:28 pm

ive never kept them but i think there ok for keeping them from cumming but if you alredy have loads then i dont think there any good because they only eact a couple of snails a day each so wouldnt mange to eat them quick enough.

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Post by Vandraco aka Bronzecat on Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:46 pm

Ah ok, thanks for that. My dads tank....looks like he had some hitchhikers on some plants.

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Post by kizno1 on Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:51 pm

could work depending on how many snails he alredy has and how many assasins he adds.

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Post by Vandraco aka Bronzecat on Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:04 pm

They are doing their best using cucumber and a bottle etc... Taking about half a dozen out a day.

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Post by kizno1 on Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:05 pm

sounds ok then. you could still try adding a few just to pick of any babys or incase they ever get anymore.

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Re: Assasin snails

Post by mellychops on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:16 pm

I have them and are useless apparently they only eat one pest snail a week!!!! Which I only found out after I still have a major pest snail issue

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Re: Assasin snails

Post by liz2 on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:26 pm

assassin snails, sound as if they hide behind a rock and leap out with a gun and shoot other snails! computerlaugh

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Re: Assasin snails

Post by SheenaShoup on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:56 pm

computerlaugh Good one Liz2! Well if they only eat one a week they aren't very good assasins are they? Maybe if you pay them more? rofl

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Post by liz2 on Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:27 pm

well it probably takes a lot out of them holding the little gun, all the tension headaches, the killing and then knowing they have to eat the body to hide the evidence. Probably can only manage one a week...bless them... computerlaugh

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Post by SheenaShoup on Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:34 pm

computerlaugh It's got to hard with no oposeable thumbs! rofl

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Post by crystal on Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:13 am

We had 3 and quite often saw them spearing the pest snails, great fun to watch!

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