Ramshorn VS Shrimp?

[SwordZ]

Hi guys!

Will it be a problem if I add ramshorn snails to my fire red shrimp tank if I am intending to breed the fire reds?

[Naraki]

You'll soon start to see a lot of ramshorn crowd around your shrimp food and probably snail eggs lying around

[SwordZ]

Nah, that's ok , but will the ramshorns like harm the shrimps in anyway?

[Mystikboy]

Nope they won't

[seudzar]

Seriously you will mind when the ramshorn starts to breed. Please think twice.

[SwordZ]

I'll try my best to control the population, also, will cardinals eat the eggs of the ramshorn?

[seudzar]

Nope. Cardinals don't eat their eggs.

[SwordZ]

Well, this might sound absolutely ridiculous, but can I like deshell the adult rams horn and use them as fish food? Like I'll chop them up or something along that line?

[furyprix]

Well, this might sound absolutely ridiculous, but can I like deshell the adult rams horn and use them as fish food? Like I'll chop them up or something along that line?

unless you love to see snails everywhere... nobody will really advise you to add ramshorns into the tank. they do take algae and leftovers but they breed ridiculously fast. once they're settled in, its pretty hard to remove them all. quite a pain in the *** to remove the bigger ones manually, but the old ones will come back hah.

but yes, they do not harm shrimps.

deshelling the adult snails..will leave you with many crushed shells in your substrate/carpet plants, not very sightly too. whether or not to recommend that as food..I've tried a few times but they're usually ignored. haha

[Starlett]

Ramshorns breed like crazy. You will find eggs all over. I used to always remove eggs from my tank walls. Quite nuisance. I also gave away to my lfs

[seudzar]

If you into shrimps, i would personally advise not to add ramshorn. Once they start to breed like mad, your tank bioload will also increase. The shell of dead ramshorn will add another problem as your gH will more or less increase due to their dead shell degrading. Once you find you cannot handle their population, the best solution would be either assassin snails or puffer. Puffer will be the best choice but they will snack on your beloved shrimps.

[SwordZ]

If so, is there anything else that will eat dead plant matter?

[Naraki]

Nerite snails.
But you'll have to sacrifice the looks of the scape because they'll lay eggs and the eggs doesn't hatch in freshwater

[SwordZ]

Will cardinals eat the eggs? Really sorry about repeating the question.

[seudzar]

Will cardinals eat the eggs? Really sorry about repeating the question.

Thought I reply you? They won't eggs the snails eggs. There is a layer of membrane protecting the snails eggs

[seudzar]

Dead plants matters? Shrimps or you let the plant to decompose off by itself

[SwordZ]

My malayans don't seem to be eating them

[HeMan]

Get Zebra nerite snails

I always like them , good in cleaning up algae, tolerance of low PH and they don't lay egg or breed .

One thing bad is they will escape out of your tank if they are not comfortable with the environment.

[FabianLee]

Get Zebra nerite snails

I always like them , good in cleaning up algae, tolerance of low PH and they don't lay egg or breed .

One thing bad is they will escape out of your tank if they are not comfortable with the environment.

I would agree on the algae part and of course uneaten food. But escaping is regardless of water quality, they just blindly moves around and "escapes".