African peacock with Zebra nerites

[goldies88]

Anyone have experience with Zebra snail in Peacock tank? Will the peacock kill them?

 

[mike dunagan]

Peacocks eat snails and other things in the sand... if they are small and in the sand... possible... not familiar with the snails you are asking.

 

[Blue2Fyre]

I only have experiences with mbuna and nerites. It did not end well. I added a horned nerite for algae eating. Since he had the spikes the mbuna left him alone. All went well for a few days but then he crawled out on the sand and the mbuna flipped him over and killed him.
I'm really not sure with peacocks since I have never kept them.

 

[goldies88]

Yea, i wanted Zebra nerites to clean up my diatom problem.
Hmmmm, the nerites i'm looking for about a quart size max.

 

[emptyhead]

I keep nerites in my planted tank and my tang tank, but my experience with malawi is that they will eventually eat the snails. If they are not too expensive for you, I would buy a couple and see how they do. Maybe if your tank is not overstocked and your fish are well fed, they will leave the snails alone. If they work out - they are great algae eaters - always active.