L134 and Helena snails?

Muller · Post by **Muller** » 30 Nov 2019, 10:48

Good morning,

I have a tank with L134. They even spawned for the first time (now 2 young visible and free swimming). I have some snails and spotted a kind of worm yesterday evening. Thinking of putting some Helena snails in, but afraid of those eating eggs. Anybody experience with Helenas and plecos?
Thanks,
Stijn.

TwoTankAmin · Post by **TwoTankAmin** » 30 Nov 2019, 18:20

I lean towards the better safe than sorry school of thought here. I have been told by invert folks assassins will eat eggs. I used to keep them in pleco tanks. In tanks with fry I seemed to have losses when there were assassins in the tank. So I have since removed these snails from pleco breeder tanks. I still keep the snails in growout tanks.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 01 Dec 2019, 09:23

TwoTankAmin wrote: ↑30 Nov 2019, 18:20 I lean towards the better safe than sorry school of thought here. I have been told by invert folks assassins will eat eggs. I used to keep them in pleco tanks. In tanks with fry I seemed to have losses when there were assassins in the tank. So I have since removed these snails from pleco breeder tanks. I still keep the snails in growout tanks.

All hypostomine plecos I've bred had these snails in the tanks - I've not seen them eat eggs, I've never seen a picture of them eating eggs. Maybe they will eat eggs if the male is not guarding them, I don't know.

Jools

Muller · Post by **Muller** » 02 Dec 2019, 09:29

Thanks, will test it with some longfin ancistrus dolicoptherus.

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