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Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:12 pm
by Ti_CLaD
I have 3 apple snails in a 5 gallons tank... Used to have 5, 2 passed away last month, had them for over a year, never did they even breed once... Today going at a local pet shop, I picked up some small snails, dunno the kind, they have an infestation of them so they gave some.
Right now I set them up in a little cup inside that tank so the apple snails can't get to them. My question is that since the apple snails are about the size of golf balls, one might be the size of a plum, if I let them run with the other little snails (biggest is maybe 1/4" long), will they eat the babies just because of the size of them???
If I'd like to relocalise the apple snails, can I put them in a 0.004SG brackish tank with a 2"long figure8 without it always picking and slowly eating them??? Will they even survive in the brackish water???
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:36 am
by hadla
Puffers will pick at any snail. I don't think the big snails will bother the small ones
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:20 am
by Pufferpunk
Snails will die in BW.
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:43 pm
by Ti_CLaD
Alright, I'll let them roam free together...
Thanks
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:25 pm
by PuffTheMagicDragon17
Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:20 am
Snails will die in BW.
Actually BW is needed for certain species of snails eggs to successfully hatch, like nerites. So it's not a problem for some snails.
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:01 am
by Pufferpunk
Yes, but the OP is asking about Apple snails.
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:14 pm
by PuffTheMagicDragon17
Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:01 am
Yes, but the OP is asking about Apple snails.
Sorry if you thought I was trolling, i didn't even know the meaning until a few months ago. I only said what I did to mainly get my post count up and prove I'm not a spammer, also you said "snails will die in BW" so I took that as all snails.
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:47 pm
by Pufferpunk
NP
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:44 pm
by Bleedingheartmommy
Hehe the only time a snail will eat another is usually assasin snails, otherwise you will find the little ones hitching a ride on the larger snails shells. Lol lazy snails
Re: Big snail and small snails in same tank???
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:09 pm
by hadla
Bleedingheartmommy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:44 pm
Hehe the only time a snail will eat another is usually assasin snails, otherwise you will find the little ones hitching a ride on the larger snails shells. Lol lazy snails
Lol reminds me of when I saw a tiny hermit crab on a bigger crabs back who was also on the biggest crab!