I've about had it enough with the pond snails. I'm not lazy, but scraping those eggs off of all the rocks and plant stems twice a week is a pain. I tried dropping some veggies overnight, but that only attracted two or three snails at most each time. Should I get dwarf puffers or assassin snails? With dwarf puffers, I know I'd have to move all my other fish so that they don't get harassed, and with assassin snails, I have to move my nerite snails. Either way I have to move some livestock.
Dwarf Puffers or Assassin Snails?
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I would go with assassin snails, they usually stay pretty small, and if ur nerites are big(more than .75") they should be okay. Dwarf Puffers wouldn't be good, cuz then u r losing all ur fish.
I have 3 in a 72G, and so far(after 4 months), I have seen no snails at all. I think if you already have quite a few snails(10+), I would get 2. They are great, they look small, but work very nicely.
depends on how fast you want them killed off. the more you get the faster they will kill them. assassins for the most part wont go after nerites if there is pest snails or other food source. though its a risk if you do keep them together.
Yeah, IME, they are the same, they just eat leftover "food", decaying matter, dead plants, and mine are usually seen in the gravel looking for snail eggs, or other snails. If you want them to survive for sure, I would take 2 or 3 of your snails out, let them lay eggs, and then put them back in, so there are always enough snails for them to eat off.
