Archie1208 Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 But I seem to get conflicting reports...are Assassin snails ok to go in the shrimp tank? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blue Panda Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ANBU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 If the shrimp can be caught by an assassin snail, it was probably meant to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 assassin snails and shrimp are compatible. Theres no way the snail could catch a healthy shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Some reports have been that the assassin snail oozes a toxic substance that slows the shrimp down, and catches them that way. Poopians, I heard the same argument about planaria not being able to catch shrimp too, but after some of my shrimp were caught I declared war. But like I said, I have no first hand accounts of assassins and shrimp because I won't take that chance. Tigori 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigori Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Better to be safe than sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 "Some reports have been that the assassin snail oozes a toxic substance that slows the shrimp down, and catches them that way." That's interesting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I lost one of my blue pearls to an assassin snail, tho I'd hoped it was dead before being eaten now I'm not so sure. Thinking about it, it was still blue and the other turned pink when it died. What a horrible death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I lost one of my blue pearls to an assassin snail, tho I'd hoped it was dead before being eaten now I'm not so sure. Thinking about it, it was still blue and the other turned pink when it died. What a horrible death! from my experience, it takes a long time for it to turn pink after death. Most of the time when i found dead shrimp,they were still red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Well I hope that's the case altho this one was blue and alive in the morning and dead and pink by the afternoon and the one going down an assassin's throat was still blue (but hopefully dead ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Unless you have some strange love for assassin snails.. I would say "Why take the risk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctaylor3737 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have 10-15 assassins in all my tanks. Seem to have them always breed, dont have any shrimp loss that i notice and I dont feed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTRN Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi, let me chime in on this. When I started my crs tank, I moved all 3 of assassin snails to another community tank. Just found out that I have 2 babies assassin ( about 3mm in size) hang on to one of adult crs ( about 2.4cm) on its legs. Now this CRS is lying on its side but still alive but unable to swim. So my conclusion is shrimp tank is incompatible with assassin snails. I used to keep rcs and saw one of the snail grab my rcs, thats why i moved them out for this crs tank. FYI, that attacked crs was perfectly healthy ( I saw it grazing et al about 20 mins ago). My guess is if any shrimp grazing on this snail might be grabbed by the snail's sticky tentacles and devour them. I bet if it were other than baby snail my crs would be dead already. Hope she can make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 My dwarf killifish leaves my shrimp alone and eats my bladder snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty703 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I know this has been debated over and over, but here is my 2 cents for what its worth. Assassin snails look very much to me like the saltwater Cone snails...one of the most deadliest in the world. This snail has a barbed harpoon like object which it shoots out of the long trumpet like nose(or whatever they call that tube) and it injects the venom into whatever its trying to catch to eat. If you look at the Assassin snail it has the very same characteristics as the cone snail. My opinion is that it does have a barb that is venomous to other creatures and it does kill baby shrimps (which aren't very fast in the first days of their lives) and will attack an adult shrimp as well, if given the opportunity....not all shrimps are fast. I have found my shrimp sleep on the bottom and until I turn on the light they are not aware of anything around them.....an assassin snail could very easily creep up on them while they are in this state. For this reason I do not keep them in my tanks. ARTRN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I know this has been debated over and over, but here is my 2 cents for what its worth. Assassin snails look very much to me like the saltwater Cone snails...one of the most deadliest in the world. This snail has a barbed harpoon like object which it shoots out of the long trumpet like nose(or whatever they call that tube) and it injects the venom into whatever its trying to catch to eat. The gastropod 'tongue' is called a radula, which is covered in little teeth. Some graze on algae, some are predatory. The cone snail has a modified tooth and a gland that makes neurotoxins, to make this little harpoon structure. (fascinating!) aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Yeah, i know about cone snails, live in Florida kinda forced too with how much i go to the bechh, but only certain species can kill humans, even less get to shore alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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