snails eat dead fish?

"Paige" wrote:

Just a quick question. I have an abundance (but not too many) of snails in
my tank; which is ok because they eat the algae and decaying plant leaves.
But do they also eat dead fish? And if so do they consume them fast?

The reason I ask is that I have lost one of my Otto's. I can not find her
anywhere in the tank but she was just there the day before. Could the
snails have eaten her that quickly, do they eat dead fish at all?

Very possible. And they might have had help from other residents of
your tank as well. Don't give up on the oto just yet though - I put a
dozen in my 20 gallon and didn't see any of them for weeks at a time.
They're very good at hiding.


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YES

I have two Apple snails and they will spend hours sucking the flesh from
dead bait minnows. The only thing they leave behind is the skeleton and
entrails.

JOhn :-)

"Eric Schreiber" wrote in message
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"Paige" wrote:

Just a quick question. I have an abundance (but not too many) of snails
in
my tank; which is ok because they eat the algae and decaying plant
leaves.
But do they also eat dead fish? And if so do they consume them fast?

The reason I ask is that I have lost one of my Otto's. I can not find her
anywhere in the tank but she was just there the day before. Could the
snails have eaten her that quickly, do they eat dead fish at all?

Very possible. And they might have had help from other residents of
your tank as well. Don't give up on the oto just yet though - I put a
dozen in my 20 gallon and didn't see any of them for weeks at a time.
They're very good at hiding.


--
www.ericschreiber.com