Assassin Snails Resources

Click on the pictures to see a larger version. Disclaimer: I’m sure you have noticed the scratches and the algae. This is a secondhand aquarium, and all of these pictures are taken very near the substrate surface, where I don’t scrape algae to avoid further scratching the glass. There. I said it.

1. A pair of assassin snails mating.

2. An assassin snail and a trumpet snail together. Lunch?

3. A juvenile assassin snail, greatly enlarged. (Actual size about 1/4 inch.)

4. An assassin snail attacking a trumpet snail.

assassin snails mating

mating assassin snails

assassin and trumpet snail

Assassin vs. trumpet snail

assassin juvenile

juvenile assassin snail

Here are some links for additional information:

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/shrimp-other-invertebrates/85765-assassin-snails-eat-live-shrimp.html

http://www.bluecrayfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2261

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariumforum/showthread.php?t=29339