Will this hurt my snail

[xfactor6699]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by roydooms

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.

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

[roydooms]

Originally Posted by xfactor6699

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

Is your intake big enough to suck the snails in? The snails suction is strong enough to not get sucked in I believe.

[xfactor6699]

Their to big to get in the tube

[BeavisMom62]

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.

[xfactor6699]

Originally Posted by BeavisMom62

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.

Yeah I have the cage thingy on it