CAE eating snails?

LS70 · 05-21-2007, 08:55 AM

hi, i purchased plants a while ago, and i guess they came with a few eggs which turned out to be alot of snail!! now,

i few days ago i was able to count a least 30 tiny snails, but now i can barely see any, just a few largers ones, but not nearly as many as before.

would the CAE have eaten them?

also the CAE is starting to be aggressive towards my new fish, rainbows and panda cory's

would a LFS, big als, be able to take him off my hands?

Plecostomus · 05-27-2007, 10:23 PM

I don't think CAEs eat snails. The snails could have burrowed into the gravel, or be hidden somewhere. Some might have died from coming into a new tank.

mousey · 06-01-2007, 05:17 PM

Big Al's here takes fish back if they are too big or aggressive.
CAE's can be nasty. Try SAE's- they are a lot better tempered and only bother each other.

**SueM** · 06-02-2007, 05:50 AM

CAE's can in fact get quit nasty, and as adults stop eating algae and go for protein, to the point of eating fins off sleeping fish. Or chasing the fish to the point of exhaustion & stress.

05-21-2007, 08:55 AM	#1
LS70 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 78 User Feedback: (0)	CAE eating snails? hi, i purchased plants a while ago, and i guess they came with a few eggs which turned out to be alot of snail!! now, i few days ago i was able to count a least 30 tiny snails, but now i can barely see any, just a few largers ones, but not nearly as many as before. would the CAE have eaten them? also the CAE is starting to be aggressive towards my new fish, rainbows and panda cory's would a LFS, big als, be able to take him off my hands?

06-01-2007, 05:17 PM	#3
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 763 User Feedback: (0)	Big Al's here takes fish back if they are too big or aggressive. CAE's can be nasty. Try SAE's- they are a lot better tempered and only bother each other. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

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SueM Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kennewick, WA. Age: 50 Posts: 980 User Feedback: (24)	CAE's can in fact get quit nasty, and as adults stop eating algae and go for protein, to the point of eating fins off sleeping fish. Or chasing the fish to the point of exhaustion & stress. __________________ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled

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Plecostomus Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 67 User Feedback: (0)	I don't think CAEs eat snails. The snails could have burrowed into the gravel, or be hidden somewhere. Some might have died from coming into a new tank.

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