My Sens And Their Snail Addiction

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I moved the circulation pump in my 16g a few days ago to help distribute the co2 better. Since I moved the pump, snails crawl onto the intake and die, but this only happens during the night. Each morning I clean off the dead snails from the intake, and the Sens go crazy for them. It's gotten to the point where they prefer the snails over their morning pellets. When I throw in the pellets, they swim to them, stare at them, and then they swim to the front of the tank and stare at me. The Sens wait at the front of the tank until I clean the snails off the pump, and then they rush to the back of the tank to eat as many as they can. The Sens only eat the pellets once they finish their escargot. I know this won't the Sens, but I thought this was an interesting behavior.
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But seriously they probably eat invertebrates in the wild.
That's why I'm waiting for them to move out before I add the Crystal Red Shrimp. At $5 each they'd make expensive snacks.
 
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I had a feeling mine would try to eat a rabbit snail if I put one in my tank! Thanks for confirming. :)

They will definitely eat any shrimp you put in there! Don't do it unless it's intentional with cheap ghost shrimp!
 
I had a feeling mine would try to eat a rabbit snail if I put one in my tank! Thanks for confirming. :)

They will definitely eat any shrimp you put in there! Don't do it unless it's intentional with cheap ghost shrimp!
Thats awesome, i never tried feeding snails,
Yes I agree ☺
They only eat the ones that die from getting stuck on the intake of the pump. They don't bother the live ones.
 
I had a feeling mine would try to eat a rabbit snail if I put one in my tank! Thanks for confirming. :)

They will definitely eat any shrimp you put in there! Don't do it unless it's intentional with cheap ghost shrimp!

mine refuse to eat baby prawns which are the size of baby ghost shrimp where as my banded knifefish will eat baby prawns but not ghost shrimp it's just strange
 
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