olive snail and Nassarius snails

neotekz · 12/01/2006, 02:28 PM

i just saw my olive snail eat one of my Nassarius whole, shell and all. should i take my olives snails out of the tank? i don;t want to lose all my Nassarius that i just added.

thing2do · 12/01/2006, 02:33 PM

dont know what olives snails are, but my hermits eat 1 of my nassy's before, just not the shell..I always throw em in and let em be. if your worried about it and it continues then separate em.

neotekz · 12/01/2006, 04:31 PM

they look like the one in the first pic http://www.wetwebmedia.com/snailidfaqs.htm

Lev F. · 12/01/2006, 05:52 PM

Olives are carnivores. You should take them out of your tank, as they will eat your snails and other small invertebrates. I have a lettered olive snail, and he sometimes catches one of my nassarius when i feed the tank at night. It really is hilarious. Its like that movie, Tremors. The nassarius is sliding along, when you see like a long wake of sand behind it creeping towards it. Then the snail starts jumping on it's foot, and usually escapes. But sometimes the olive just races right into a bunch of nassarius as they're feeding and bursts out of the sand bed (much like Jaws) and engulfs one. It's a blast to watch. In smaller tanks, they will eat your nassarius fast, in larger ones, they will eat about one in a month or so.

neotekz · 12/01/2006, 05:58 PM

you have them in you 65g? i have a 90g

Lev F. · 12/01/2006, 05:59 PM

I have one. How many do you have?

neotekz · 12/01/2006, 06:00 PM

2 and 30 nass, just noticed that you're an canadian reefer. in toronto?

Lev F. · 12/01/2006, 06:14 PM

I would imagine that two would eat the nassarius faster. If you like them, you could keep one and let him eat a nassarius rarely. Make sure to feed him shrimp pellets, they are carnivores. They also eat polychaetes and deplete the sand bed of them. I am located nearby Toronto.

neotekz · 12/01/2006, 07:25 PM

they are out of my tank, just inspected one and he had 2 nass in his belly lol. in the sump he goes

12/01/2006, 02:28 PM	#1
neotekz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ottawa, Ontario Posts: 698	olive snail and Nassarius snails i just saw my olive snail eat one of my Nassarius whole, shell and all. should i take my olives snails out of the tank? i don;t want to lose all my Nassarius that i just added.

12/01/2006, 05:52 PM	#4
Lev F. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,109	Olives are carnivores. You should take them out of your tank, as they will eat your snails and other small invertebrates. I have a lettered olive snail, and he sometimes catches one of my nassarius when i feed the tank at night. It really is hilarious. Its like that movie, Tremors. The nassarius is sliding along, when you see like a long wake of sand behind it creeping towards it. Then the snail starts jumping on it's foot, and usually escapes. But sometimes the olive just races right into a bunch of nassarius as they're feeding and bursts out of the sand bed (much like Jaws) and engulfs one. It's a blast to watch. In smaller tanks, they will eat your nassarius fast, in larger ones, they will eat about one in a month or so. __________________ - Lev "It all starts with a small freshwater aquarium. Then it turns into miniature estuaries on the carpet, and an afterwards fragrance that has the power to kill anything that's ever lived" Current Tank Info: 65 Gallon Mixed Reef Tankh. 96 Watt COralife Aqualight PCS, 20 Gallon Refugium with A. Nummifer frogfish, 40 Gallon Octopus tank

12/01/2006, 05:59 PM	#6
Lev F. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,109	I have one. How many do you have? __________________ - Lev "It all starts with a small freshwater aquarium. Then it turns into miniature estuaries on the carpet, and an afterwards fragrance that has the power to kill anything that's ever lived" Current Tank Info: 65 Gallon Mixed Reef Tankh. 96 Watt COralife Aqualight PCS, 20 Gallon Refugium with A. Nummifer frogfish, 40 Gallon Octopus tank

12/01/2006, 06:14 PM	#8
Lev F. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,109	I would imagine that two would eat the nassarius faster. If you like them, you could keep one and let him eat a nassarius rarely. Make sure to feed him shrimp pellets, they are carnivores. They also eat polychaetes and deplete the sand bed of them. I am located nearby Toronto. __________________ - Lev "It all starts with a small freshwater aquarium. Then it turns into miniature estuaries on the carpet, and an afterwards fragrance that has the power to kill anything that's ever lived" Current Tank Info: 65 Gallon Mixed Reef Tankh. 96 Watt COralife Aqualight PCS, 20 Gallon Refugium with A. Nummifer frogfish, 40 Gallon Octopus tank

12/01/2006, 02:33 PM	#2
thing2do Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 160	dont know what olives snails are, but my hermits eat 1 of my nassy's before, just not the shell..I always throw em in and let em be. if your worried about it and it continues then separate em.

12/01/2006, 04:31 PM	#3
neotekz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ottawa, Ontario Posts: 698	they look like the one in the first pic http://www.wetwebmedia.com/snailidfaqs.htm

12/01/2006, 05:58 PM	#5
neotekz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ottawa, Ontario Posts: 698	you have them in you 65g? i have a 90g

12/01/2006, 06:00 PM	#7
neotekz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ottawa, Ontario Posts: 698	2 and 30 nass, just noticed that you're an canadian reefer. in toronto?

12/01/2006, 07:25 PM	#9
neotekz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: ottawa, Ontario Posts: 698	they are out of my tank, just inspected one and he had 2 nass in his belly lol. in the sump he goes