mcrudd Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I bought a whole lot of red ramshorn snails today. Chucked 3/4 of them in the main tank and about 25 in the puffertank since I could see it was starting to get algae all over. It was not even a full five minutes then all 25 were dead. They were killed, now the puffers are taking their time to slurp them out of the shells. I was shocked, thought they would kill and eat one at a time, not such a masacre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 :rotf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Sophia I could not believe it. They just killed them, and then once all were dead started eating on some of them. How will I ever keep my puffer tank clean if they take out all the cleaners as I put them in. I might have to sneak them in, in the late of the night while they are snoozing under thier little bridge :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I bought a whole lot of red ramshorn snails today. Chucked 3/4 of them in the main tank and about 25 in the puffertank since I could see it was starting to get algae all over. It was not even a full five minutes then all 25 were dead. They were killed, now the puffers are taking their time to slurp them out of the shells. I was shocked, thought they would kill and eat one at a time, not such a masacre I bet they did excellent attack helicopter impressions while doing it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artem Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 One word: Otocinclus 8) Two Words: Get some :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hmm... Do you hire out your gang of assasins? I have a few hundred little snails I want "terminated" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige.xo Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hmm... Do you hire out your gang of assasins? I have a few hundred little snails I want "terminated" +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 trouble is that they will assassinate all your fish as well as the snails if they get hungry during the night. Puffers are best in a tank by themselves for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted June 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 trouble is that they will assassinate all your fish as well as the snails if they get hungry during the night. Puffers are best in a tank by themselves for that reason. agreed, I had to clean out their tank the one day, I had that slime coating problem and I put both of them in a fish bag floating them in my main tank, Gosh you should have seen them They were trying their best to attack my other fish through the bag, they were curling their tails and aiming at the fish, exactly like they hunt their snails in stealth mode :facepalm: I picked them out, double bagged them and put them back in again. Quickly cleaned out their tank and placed them back in there, deciding right there that I woul never attempt to put them with any fish ever Ira they were so quick I could not even see their impressions, but afterwards they looked like cats that stuck their heads into an empty box wiggling their tails to get every last bit out of the shell, the one even swam with a snail on his head for a while, I thought I might have to rescue it :nilly: Artem I am too scared to try, many have failed even with ottos Hovmoller and paige.xo they would make me many bucks if I did hire them out to assasinate snails, only problem is they won't stop there, any fish would be taken out as well. :roll: collateral dammage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 ok, so I put a hand full of snails in the tank and then once they were assasinating those I quickly added two of my ottos, I hope they will leave them alone and accept them in the tank :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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