OMG had to post this!!

Hey i was at my mates place the other day, we were looking at his pleco and all of a suddon it swam up to the side of the tank and knocked off a snail, it sat over the top of it and sucked the snail out of the shell and ate it!!!

Strangest thing i've ever seen :face:

i bet that was funny to see, i aint heard of that before but its good news for you lol if you get a snail prob it seems you have a plec that like them...

Kool , what kind of plec was it that digs munching snails mattmania.
J

I'm not sure, i will post a pic of him though. Next time i see my mate i'll snap a photo of him :geek:

Kurosaki J, i have added a pic of my mates pleco to my gallery (the snail muncher) can you tell me what it is??

No probs mattmania , try to remind me when the picture gets approved.
J

Kurosaki J wrote:

No probs mattmania , try to remind me when the picture gets approved.
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Approved....... :[IMG]http://i4

That would Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps, or a sailfin gibby for a common name.
J

Kurosaki J wrote:

That would Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps, or a sailfin gibby for a common name.
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i agree mate spot on/...................... :[IMG]http://i4

Awesome, thanks heaps guys, i've told my mate about this page and i think he's gonna join... i'll let him know i got this info bout his plec from this page.

Thanks again.

mattmania wrote:

Awesome, thanks heaps guys, i've told my mate about this page and i think he's gonna join... i'll let him know i got this info bout his plec from this page.

Thanks again.

cheers matt :[IMG]http://i4

I'm a little surprised that a gibby would do that. None of ours ever have. My sister has a "goldie" or "sunshine" pleco, I forget the L no. The day i bought it for her it started munching on one of her snails. Its really good, it eats the shells and everything.

hmmm i see a pattern forming here....
Gibby's must like snail's as food ....

You'll have to go out and buy some snails Curby

mattmania wrote:

You'll have to go out and buy some snails Curby

no chance

This reminds me of the first time Wayne brought some Hoplo cats home from an auction, and also about a dozon decent sized golden apple snails. They all went in a tank together for quarantine, and the next morning the shells were empty ..... bloomin hoplo's had managed to get 'em out of their shells LMAO

The only snails I like are the assassin ones .......... in fact we discovered we have some baby ones, so at least when they grow they have a purpose lolol

Angi n Wayne do your assasin snails eat live food??

mattmania wrote:

Angi n Wayne do your assasin snails eat live food??

They eat other snails ......... great for infestations

I have an albino that chewed a hole in a snail shell (little over an inch big) and would munch on him a little bit at a time. Removed the snail thinking this would be a horrible way to die. Started including more protein in his diet to keep him happy.

Lakatu wrote:

I have an albino that chewed a hole in a snail shell (little over an inch big) and would munch on him a little bit at a time. Removed the snail thinking this would be a horrible way to die. Started including more protein in his diet to keep him happy.

The way you worded that was funny to me.

Yea, yea, I talk funny. I think it's a result of growing up as an international kid picking things up from everywhere I go.

No no...I wasn't trying to razz on you.

It came across as you having a dry sense of humor.

Wow Thats amazing.
I have one of those stories..
I was doing a wc on a tank the other day, this tanks has guppys and a juvie lf bn, I had a ramshorn snail sucked up with siphon and, didn't notice it was still in the bucket after tossing water on the garden. so it c=got cooked when I rinced the bucket with hot water, before filling with the fresh water...poor thing, anywho...I forgot again(old age lol) and when adding the water the snail tumbled in too. The guppys grabbed a bit and tore a bit off, and then the Lf bn camed from no where and got stuck right into it..this snail was a half grown ramshorn.
I was amazed...
Gibbys are lovely fish...

Assasin snsails ey...interesting...can ya get them in Oz ..will have to find that out...

my big common male slurps down a few baby cherry shrimp now and again