Assassin Snails

[androo303]

Hi all, I hope everyone is recovering well from the auction. I am wondering what assassin snails are like in a tank. Are they fairly hardy guys or must there always be food lying around for them? Also, since i have a rimless/topless tank, do they have a tendency to climb out or are they water dwellers and never leave?

[Stussi613]

Mine come out when I feed since they have destroyed every other snail in my tank, and esp when there is food that makes it to the bottom. I assume that they are fully aquatic.  I can usually tell when I'm due for a water change because they all start to head for the top of the tank.  I'd be concerned about them in a tank with no top...

[pm]

I have a rimless tank, and mine have never tried to leave the water. 

[Anja]

Mine don't climb out either.

I keep them fairly well supplied with pond snails from the big tank, but they also eat any fishfood that falls to the bottom.

[androo303]

Great to know, now if any one of the lucky people who won the Assassin snails at the auction would like to give me a couple that'd be awesome...