Snails eat corpses?

[Aquarius0015]

I've have not seen my male guppy in the tank for days (and i took out all the stuff and looked inside my plastic log), but I can't find a corpse. I have 3 large apple snails and quite a few unidentified smaller snails. Is it possible that they ate the corpse of the guppy?

 

[downloader]

its almost certain snails eat anything

 

[often dignified]

I'd be more worried about why that fish died...

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

Yes, snails eat a lot of matter, like dead leaves and fish. They are good for cleaning up tanks.

 

[Leopardess]

- often...I'm sure he is thinking about that

And yes, snails will eat corpses. I just saw a post about this somewhere yesterday. Snails are nature's garbage bin

 

[Aquarius0015]

OftenDig, I am worried about the cause, but I am fairly certain it's because the stock the guppies came from was pretty weak. I originally bought 3 guppies, and 2 died within the first week. None ofd my other fish show any symptoms of any kind.

Also, I have not ruled out escape as a cause of death, it's just unlikely.

 

[fishfrenze]

The other day my large apple snail ate a quarter-sized angel fish corpse in less than 8 hours with NO evidence what-so-ever left behind! I left for work and the angel was alive...came home and it was dead and almost competely gone. The snail had it clasped in its foot...it was almost undetectable except when the snail reached down with his mouth to take a bite I didn't even see any bones left in the end! Gross, but unfortunately snails are amazingly fast when it comes to eating...

Melanie