Mystery snails

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Mystery snails

Post by andyroo » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:05 pm

Collectors,
If one mystery snail dies, will the other snails eat it?
Do they eat dead fish or just fish-food?
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Post by PASoracco » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:07 pm

in my experience, most snails, including mystery/apple snails don't eat dead snails. Mystery snails normally just float to the top and start stinking :? Most varieties of snails, including mysteries, will eat dead fish.
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Post by starsplitter7 » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:58 am

In my snail tanks, I never find dead fish or anything else dead. It disappears before I ever find it.

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Post by andyroo » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:42 pm

10 or 14 golf-ball sized snails went in last week, and not I'm a little surprised at how clean my glass is. 2 have succumbed (Synodontis was culprit, i think) and one has still to come out of it's shell. Rest very happy & mobile.... & hungry.
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