xfactor6699
Aquarium Advice Addict
So my filter tube collects plant matter on it and if I dont get to it in time my mystery snails will get to it and start eating it... Will the suction from the filter hurt them
roydooms said:My snails does this all the time. I don't think it hurts them. If it does they won't be hanging out there and just go somewhere else.
xfactor6699 said:That's what I thought but when I see them doing this like half their body is like sucked into the tube.. I just dont get it there is so much food they can eat and they go after that so frustrating
BeavisMom62 said:Do you have the "cage" thingy on the bottom of your intake tube? I made that mistake once, didn't have the protector on the bottom of the tube and my mystery snail's body (not shell) was kind of sucked in and I couldn't get him off! I panicked, when I should have just unplugged the filter, and yanked him off. Something like a black cloud came out of the snail and he laid on the bottom of the tank for a couple of days. He was fine after that but you can bet I put a sponge on the intake immediately! I'll bet it hurt though, or at the very least scared him.