Bumble bee snails safe??

fishytime · #1 10-26-2009, 01:32 PM

They can be predatory to other snails too. Not reef safe.

Ellie_A · #2 10-26-2009, 02:31 PM

I have 3 in my 75 gallon, no issues at all and I see them quite frequently.

karazy · #3 10-26-2009, 04:31 PM

you may have also accidentally looked at some pages that described a freshwater snail that looks a lot like the bumble bee's called assassin snails

BlueAbyss · #4 10-26-2009, 06:40 PM

Bumblebee snails (the stripe shelled burrowing ones sold in LFS as 'cleanup crew' members) are opportunistic carnivores. Meaning they'll eat leftover meaty foods, other snails, corals, dead fishes, etc.

shimmy · #5 10-28-2009, 01:15 AM

so it sounds like overall i should be ok..

ElGuappo · #6 10-28-2009, 07:04 AM

had 2 in a 10 and they ate my 2 turbos.

TheMikey · #7 10-28-2009, 03:25 PM

I've got two in my 15 and there's no issues yet.

naesco · #8 11-01-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

so it sounds like overall i should be ok..

Dr. Shimek, who is kind of the expert on these things says they are not OK.
They are predators. They search the sand and rock and eat all the small critters that are necessary for the sand bed including the larvae of pods which are essential food for some of the fish like mandarins who need they to survive.
I don't know why some LFS continue to stock them.

Thanks for asking before you buy.

phyto4life · #9 11-01-2009, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naesco

Dr. Shimek, who is kind of the expert on these things says they are not OK.
They are predators. They search the sand and rock and eat all the small critters that are necessary for the sand bed including the larvae of pods which are essential food for some of the fish like mandarins who need they to survive.
I don't know why some LFS continue to stock them.

Thanks for asking before you buy.

thanks for the info I'll look into it so I can start picking them out of my tank I just noticed them in my tank in the last 30 days they really spread fast

shimmy · #10 11-01-2009, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naesco

Dr. Shimek, who is kind of the expert on these things says they are not OK.
They are predators. They search the sand and rock and eat all the small critters that are necessary for the sand bed including the larvae of pods which are essential food for some of the fish like mandarins who need they to survive.
I don't know why some LFS continue to stock them.

Thanks for asking before you buy.

NAESCO could you send the link on where you found this information I would like to read more about it. Are bristle worms also a bad thing to have in ones tank for I found one the other day in my tank and all the comments I have found on them argue both sides… so….??