Red Cherry Shrimp and assassin snails taking over

isellcars · 01-23-2013, 03:28 AM

I have a 90g tank that is planted and all seemed well for a long time. I put some RCS and Assassin Snails in the tank and its now a huge mistake. I think I have close to 200 RCS now in the main tank and the sump tank. Also about 50 snails if not more. I plan to remove all the Java Moss but I can't remove all the shrimp and snails by hand. So my question is what fish would anybody recommend I get to "eat" the ones that are left over? Now I do have a community tank so I need the new one to get along with the rest of its tank mates.

Sake · 01-23-2013, 04:23 AM

Just about any fish besides oto's will eat shrimp, as long as they can fit them into their mouths. The snails is a different beast all together, certain loaches eat snails, but I'm not sure which ones will eat assassins, probably have to be one of the bigger ones. Assassin snails only reproduce when there is a fresh supply of live food, so if you don't introduce any other snails, you're population will eventually die off.

Hurley427 · 01-23-2013, 05:41 PM

Catch all the shrimp you can and send to me! Any fish will eat the leftovers I'd go with gouramis

Seriously though ill take the shrimp and moss ...

Firemedic269 · 01-23-2013, 07:53 PM

If you send me shrimp I will send you gouramis.

Hurley427 · 01-23-2013, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firemedic269

If you send me shrimp I will send you gouramis.

Lol, nice

I'd just be happy knowing they all aren't being killed when there are people like us who will take them

Firemedic269 · 01-23-2013, 08:54 PM

I agree. I'd hate to see them all become fish flakes.

Ill even pay for shipping the shrimp.

isellcars · 01-23-2013, 09:00 PM

I have no other snails in my tank but the assassins and one nerite snail. I have been given the idea of taking the moss and majority of RCS and putting them in my sump tank.

CookieM · 01-24-2013, 01:19 AM

Shrimp killer don't belong in this section of the forum. Asking us how to kill shrimp when everyone here enjoy keeping them.

caique · 01-24-2013, 02:37 AM

W.T.F dude sell the shrimp.

stevenjohn21 · 01-24-2013, 02:41 AM

I smell a RAOK ;-)

01-23-2013, 03:28 AM	#1
isellcars Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: ATX Posts: 101	Red Cherry Shrimp and assassin snails taking over I have a 90g tank that is planted and all seemed well for a long time. I put some RCS and Assassin Snails in the tank and its now a huge mistake. I think I have close to 200 RCS now in the main tank and the sump tank. Also about 50 snails if not more. I plan to remove all the Java Moss but I can't remove all the shrimp and snails by hand. So my question is what fish would anybody recommend I get to "eat" the ones that are left over? Now I do have a community tank so I need the new one to get along with the rest of its tank mates.

01-23-2013, 04:23 AM	#2
Sake Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: st louis missouri Posts: 231	Just about any fish besides oto's will eat shrimp, as long as they can fit them into their mouths. The snails is a different beast all together, certain loaches eat snails, but I'm not sure which ones will eat assassins, probably have to be one of the bigger ones. Assassin snails only reproduce when there is a fresh supply of live food, so if you don't introduce any other snails, you're population will eventually die off. __________________ You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive.

01-24-2013, 02:41 AM	#10
stevenjohn21 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,005	I smell a RAOK ;-) __________________ “We didn’t underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought.” -Bobby Robson “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.” -Gary Linekar "Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over! It is now, it's four!" -Kenneth Wolstenholme

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01-23-2013, 05:41 PM	#3
Hurley427 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Baraboo,wi Posts: 45	Catch all the shrimp you can and send to me! Any fish will eat the leftovers I'd go with gouramis Seriously though ill take the shrimp and moss ...

01-23-2013, 07:53 PM	#4
Firemedic269 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Near Cleveland Posts: 67	If you send me shrimp I will send you gouramis.

01-23-2013, 08:54 PM	#6
Firemedic269 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Near Cleveland Posts: 67	I agree. I'd hate to see them all become fish flakes. Ill even pay for shipping the shrimp.

01-23-2013, 09:00 PM	#7
isellcars Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: ATX Posts: 101	I have no other snails in my tank but the assassins and one nerite snail. I have been given the idea of taking the moss and majority of RCS and putting them in my sump tank.

01-24-2013, 01:19 AM	#8
CookieM Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: CA, USA Posts: 514	Shrimp killer don't belong in this section of the forum. Asking us how to kill shrimp when everyone here enjoy keeping them.

01-24-2013, 02:37 AM	#9
caique Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Santa Clara Calif. Posts: 85	W.T.F dude sell the shrimp.