Baby Assassin Snail Care

[crmpicco]

Hi,

I have three adult assassin snails in my 70ltr tank at the moment that I bought about 4-5 months ago to deal with a pest snail problem I was having at the time. Between the snails and large water changes, they done their job, so i'm glad I got them.

This morning, I spotted a baby assassin snail crawling up the glass! I think this is quite good as i'm happy to have a baby assassin snail or two in the tank, however i'd like to know what I should do with it. I have 6 guppy fry in a hatchery tank at the moment in the main tank, so I put the baby snail in there this morning. Is this the correct place for it?

There are a couple of stones and a bit of plant in the hatchery tank, but I guess there's nothing stopping the snail crawling out of the hatchery tank. But i'm also thinking that if I leave the baby snail in the main tank then he'll get vacuumed up when I do a water change/gravel clean with all the pest snail shells and other waste.

I couldn't find much online about care of assassin snails, in fact some comments were that owners didn't want them at all. This is the opposite for me - I am more than happy to have a handful of assassin snails in my tank to keep the pest snails down.

How best should I handle the baby assassin snail just now?

Cheers.

 

[the_lock_man]

*sighs wistfully*

I remember the day I saw my first baby assassin crawling up the glass. One of my kids told me there was another pest snail that the assassins had missed, I came over, took one look, and said no, that's a baby assassin!

Didn't do anything different. Same old feeding and water changing regime.

18 months later I swapped a bag of 40 assassins for a bag of black sand at my local LFS.

 

[fluttermoth]

Just leave it in the main tank.

Check your bucket before you tip the water away; I pour the water from my son's Edge, which has a breeding colony of assassins, through a sieve before I throw it out.

 

[the_lock_man]

Just leave it in the main tank.

Check your bucket before you tip the water away; I pour the water from my son's Edge, which has a breeding colony of assassins, through a sieve before I throw it out.

If it's his tank, he should be doing the water changes.......

 

[mike455555]

iv just got an egg from mine (pain to spot), i read that they hatch and then bury themselves for a few months, before coming to the surface to hunt, apparently there tiny when they first hatch and we cant spot them easy

 

[PrairieSunflower]

Yup, they do really seem to take care of themselves. I have loads of babies and am just waiting for them to be big enough to sell or trade in.

 

[mike455555]

paraire how much do you want for the babys? posted, i want small ones, iv got a ton of pest snails mainly small ones

 

[twofish]

yes they are really tiny

and look just like the parents. I keep various fry and Elder guppies in the shrimp tank that the Assassins are in and havent had a problem. Check your filter, iv seen them hanging out in there

 

[fluttermoth]

Just leave it in the main tank.

Check your bucket before you tip the water away; I pour the water from my son's Edge, which has a breeding colony of assassins, through a sieve before I throw it out.

If it's his tank, he should be doing the water changes.......

lol; I like doing water changes

Plus, he's paranoid about sucking up his shrimps or Endler fry; he does his oscar himself

 

[the_lock_man]

lol; I like doing water changes

Truro to Portsmouth, that's about a 5 hour drive (or 4 if it's me), you can do mine, if ya like?

 

[fluttermoth]

lol, I don't drive

If i did, I'd already be maintaining other people's tanks (for a small fee, of course

)

 

[the_lock_man]

Tsk. Best find a new bucket then.....

 

[Shelster]

Fluttermoth, I'm Truro too, well Marazanvose out in the sticks to be exact, not far though!

 

[fluttermoth]

I'm not in Truro; I have no idea where lock_man got that from!

I'm up in Launceston.

 

[the_lock_man]

I'm not in Truro; I have no idea where lock_man got that from!

I'm up in Launceston.

Coulda sworn......

Can't be perfect all the time.