Snails?

[cheerycherry]

Are there any good species of snails that are good with mbuna? I do want to get some synodontis but i have a thing for snails

Also are they affected by water quality IE ph?

 

[rossyboy]

If it helps...

With my tanganikyans I keep 'nerite' snails, they're a black colour with yellowy/gold stripes.

I think they're so succesfful mainly due to the fact that not a lot of them is exposed, if you compared them to for example Apple snails where most the head is out in the open.

ps-

I keep synodontis petricola and they're fine with them, i have some malawi demasoni in my tank... which are cheeky little fellows, occasionally flipping the snails over, but not enough to damage them.

 

[dthoffsett]

Most mbuna will eat snails, and they are quite good at it. I used to throw in some malasian trumpet snails as a treat and the mbuna would suck them right out of their shells. While there are always exceptions to the rule, I would say that any snails would almost certainly be eaten.