Do Assassin Snails Only Eat Snails?

[vanalisa]

Just wondering.

After using several methods I have finally gotten the Bladder, Pond and Ramshorn hitch-hikers on plants snail situation under control. Do I need to feed my Assassin Snails snails or will they eat the things that other snails eat?
Thanks!

 

[Retired Viking]

I believe they will eat fish food but prefer snails

 

[Mermish]

I believe that they'll also eat bloodworms but I've never had an assassin snail.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

They will take pellets, flakes, and algae wafers. But, they prefer live snails. It is however believed that their reproductive rates will slow, if they don’t have a protein rich diet.

 

[Munroco]

I believe that they'll also eat bloodworms but I've never had an assassin snail.

They do eat bloodworms, but usually the fish will grab them from them.

 

[Terra Firma]

They feed on the detritus as well.

 

[vanalisa]

They feed on the detritus as well.

Thanks!!!

 

[Terra Firma]

How big are your assassin snails? I have 10 but there not big enough to feed on snails yet.

 

[vanalisa]

How big are your assassin snails? I have 10 but there not big enough to feed on snails yet.

I don't know, average I guess! I'll try to get a good image with something to compare it to. Except sometimes they go AWOL for a while.

Back when I was having "pest snail" problems I had two Assassins in one tank.
About a week ago I saw a baby. Just one, but so cute. It has doubled in size. It is just a guess, or maybe I read it actually...hmmnn....anyway I think they just eat regular substrate gunk and work their way up to grown-up-snail snail food by size!
I'll try to get pictures but, I bet others have had this problem, I have NO more room on phone camera.
MUST fix. Must delete fish pictures to make room for MORE fish pictures!
ROFL.

 

[Retired Viking]

Instead of deleting the pictures save them to your computer

 

[vanalisa]

Instead of deleting the pictures save them to your computer

Well....I need to get one.
Looooong story, but the result is that I am going to get a desk-top with a real clickity-clack keyboard and a moniter and a printer. I will get a WIRELESS mouse, though.
That is what I had when I did any decent writing.

Believe it or not I am doing this Forum thing on my phone at a....wait for it....snail's pace.

Very time-consuming and frustrating and the autocorrect and the editing and blah blah blah but it's all worth it. I just have to rest every now and then when my hands go numb.

 

[Retired Viking]

My wife uses her cell phone and hates computers, I use my computer and have an old fashion flip phone (beam me up scotty)

 

[vanalisa]

My wife uses her cell phone and hates computers, I use my computer and have an old fashion flip phone (beam me up scotty)

I actually want a flip phone and have an old one I'm not sure they could turn it on though but they do still make them but I have to have my GPS and I have to have a good internet on my phone or I wouldn't be able to be on the Forum but I think it's cool that you have a flip phone

 

[JuiceBox52]

I do this on a phone too. It's hard to get a clear photo

 

[vanalisa]

I do this on a phone too. It's hard to get a clear photo

Seriously do your hands get numb?

I can get okay photos, the problem is finding them to post.... it's okay in a couple weeks I think I'm going to be up and running a computer and then you'll probably take a vote to tell me to stop posting so many pictures!