i have salt water snails in my 10 gallon tank. I have a weever blenny that tends to attack them and has eaten 1 already. these are pretty good size snails. I had small ones before and they got eaten, so i got bigger ones. He tries to tip them over when they are on a rock. He just recently decided to do this. I have had them in the same tank for a few months now.
I also have a clown fish, a basslet, and an angel and they all get along, but this guy is causing problems and they said he wasn't aggressive. What the heck???
And I don't want to get rid of my weever blenny or my snails.
2006-09-01 14:27:22 · 8 answers · asked by Jenna J 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
They aren't aggressive - towards other fish. They will also nip at small-polyped stony corals and clam mantles so you may have to make a tough decision.
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2006-09-05 11:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you add any fish or other critters to you tank, research them to determine if they fit in with what you already have. Some fish eat crustaceans; some fish dislike them to the point of killing them for no reason. Some crustaceans may have a poisonous effect on fish, or may create a deadly toxin once dead.
http://www.liveaquaria.com has some good information on what is and is not compatible with salt water and reef tanks. Other online saltwater stores have some good information on their sites too.
Unless you have another tank, you will likely lose all of your snails to the blenny. Remember that all tanks are a micro-ecosystem and make full use of the food cycle.
Good luck!
Will D
Enterprise AL
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2006-09-01 21:46:56 · answer #2 · answered by Will D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh you should have thought that over before you put them together, it was forecast before you brought them home. Why it took this long is beyond me. Its like puting a steak on the floor with a hungry dog. The snails will continue to be eaten until:
1. You have no more snails
or
2. You remove one or the other.
Those are your choices.
2006-09-04 15:34:01 · answer #3 · answered by smiley0_1_1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Place your weever blenny in a seperate tank .. and place him near the other tank so he can wave at his former dinner mates.
2006-09-01 21:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
move the blenny to another tank...without snails...
even though some shops claim that certain fish aren't aggressive they in fact can be.
2006-09-01 21:32:30 · answer #5 · answered by x_southernbelle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if fish get hungry enough they will eat anything, the blenny's normally wont eat snails which is weird. maybe he has recently figured out that he can eat them. he will probably continue eating them at a slow pace.If you don't want to get rid of either just let him eat them.
2006-09-01 21:31:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anastasia BeaverHausen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some underwater bunnies should help balance your artificial ecosystem
2006-09-01 22:35:37 · answer #7 · answered by Circlometry?? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put them into separate tanks.
2006-09-01 21:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by christinaz22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋