Assassin snails

[LittleAngel104]

Does anybody have any experience with assassin snails in a planted tank,  with cherry shrimps?   Would the assassin snails eat the live shrimps or go after the plants?   Thanks!

[jetstream]

From my past experience, assassin snails are fine with cherry shrimps and plants. They were ok in my planted tank until I started injecting CO2 into the tank. Not sure I just had bad luck or other members have the same experience! 

[bergenm]

I have assassins in with RCS and CBS without any problems...

[TLe041]

I've read on various aquaria forums that assassin snails can harm RCS, but this only happened to a "friend of a friend" kind of way (ie. no first hand experience). Logically speaking, I'm not sure how possible it is for a snail to catch shrimps. After spending counting hours trying to catch RCS with a net, I've quickly realized that these guys can move at lightning speed if they want to.

[Fishnut]

I had my assassins with amanos in a planted tank.

Assassins eat pest snails and other fish foods that they find.  Right now I have the colony in with some fry with no issues, so I can imagine they will be fine with cherry shrimp.

[LittleAngel104]

Thanks everybody for your advice!   Sure is helpful!

[ottawa_fry22]

Keep in mind that the assassin snails don't do well in lower pH.  I found that out for myself.  So you might want to keep in check with that.