Do Rainbows Eat Snails

**kilyth** · 11-08-2012, 08:32 PM

I've had a little problem with snails in my tank. About 2 months ago I got two assassin snails, which hardly made a dent in the few snails that are there. I added four Boseman Rainbows about two weeks ago and now all the pest snails are gone. Could the new Rainbows have eaten them?

**Aeonflame** · 11-08-2012, 10:04 PM

I seriously doubt it. I have never witnessed any of the rainbow species I've kept eat snails.

**kilyth** · 11-09-2012, 07:24 AM

I guess I'll just have to chalk it up to coincidence that the Assassins got their arses in gear at the same time as the rainbows arrived.

**Lady Hobbs** · 11-09-2012, 01:06 PM

My assassins wiped out my pond snails in a really short time. They haven't done so well on the trumpet snails and can't seem to eat those until they are bigger. But......I do have far, far less than I did. The big snails are the breeders and with them eaten, it has slowed down the numbers big time.

I now have about 50 assassins and afraid they are going to get hungry tho.