View Full Version : Snails and Oscars?
chunkoblue
12-06-2007, 11:06 PM
Can snails be used to keep down algae in a tank with an oscar, or will the oscar kill/eat them?
daayda3
12-07-2007, 12:10 AM
i dont think it would...?
buzzbombtom
12-07-2007, 1:59 PM
i am gonna put this tag in my sig, no matter what if an oscar can get his big dumb mouth around it he WILL TRY TO EAT IT.
Sploke
12-07-2007, 2:12 PM
Yeah, I feed my oscar extra ramshorns and pond snails sometimes, he just gulps them right down. Before I changed the substrate, I did have MTS living and breeding, since they stay buried almost all the time, so the oscar didn't have a chance to eat them. They didn't seem to do much for the algae though.
ScottyNorq
12-07-2007, 2:31 PM
My oscar doesnt bother my mystery snail. The mystery snail is bigger then his mouth though so Im not too sure when he gets bigger
silentskream
12-07-2007, 3:45 PM
oscars LOVE escargot.
besides.. snails are really bad at helping with algea.
FishJunki
12-07-2007, 7:24 PM
My Oscar ate a two inch pleco... I think he would eat a snail no problem!
buzzbombtom
12-08-2007, 2:14 AM
My Oscar ate a two inch pleco... I think he would eat a snail no problem!
lolzzzzzzzz
BadDogsPa
12-08-2007, 2:17 PM
Definately eat the snails,large plecos are the only hope
hle_81
12-09-2007, 8:09 AM
Oscars might leave small snails alone, but larger apple snails might be killed/eaten.