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3 Live Assassin Snails
Assassin snails are one of the most useful animals in the aquarium hobby. I came across them when I had snail infested tanks, but did not want to use harsh chemicals to kill the snails. I have had 30 gallon tanks that were totally overrun with unwanted MTS Snails, and my 5 "Assassins" dealt with over 100 of them within a couple weeks using no chemicals.
They are a very attractive color as well. Because of the black and yellow striping, they look fantastic on both light and dark colored substrates. Assassin snails
grow to about 2" long.
Recommended Tank Parameters:
- PH level range: 6.5 to 7.5
- Temperature range: 68 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit
- Water type: Soft to hard
Recommended Aquatic Arts Tank Mates:
Dwarf shrimp (such as Blue Velvet shrimp, Sakura Fire Red Cherry Shrimp, Neon Yellow Shrimp, etc.), and small to medium-sized, non-aggressive fish (such as danios, guppies, etc.). They eat all other types of snails that are their size or smaller, but they will usually not harm snails that are larger (such as Mystery snails, Giant Sulawesi snails, larger Nerite snails). However, if you have multiple assassin snails, they may gang up on a larger snail and cause harm.
Additional Notes:
Having good substrate is important with Assassin Snails, as they love to burrow in it. Other than snails, they eat leftover fish flakes or invertebrate pellets. Snails are very sensitive to copper, so watch out for copper if you use tap water in your tank.
Lew
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025
I received the snail much faster than anticipated however, it was dead on arrival.
Carlos
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2025
My thought process is if you’re gonna deal with anything that’s alive in aquatic, you should automatically just overnight it to whoever ordered it and maybe then they’ll actually get what they want alive.
CAROLE VAN KLEEF
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024
They were ready to do their job after a couple of days. I guess they had to get used to the tank. After a week I began to notice empty snail shells on the surface. They did their job well.
Shawna
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2024
These snails arrived quick and alive. It took awhile, but these snails did the job they were supposed to do. I would buy again and recommend to others.
jtz
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2023
Let me preface by saying I bought 3 assassins from a reputable store, and they don't do anything but lay in the substrate. They are fish food eaters.THESE assassins, on the other hand, are natural born killers. The seller likely raises them on live food. I've seen these guys latch on larger snails and cruise to grab smaller snails, so they have solid hunting behaviors. Not to mention ordered 3, got 4 of various adolescent sizes. Win win! With all luck, the snails will be gone leaving these guys some algae to eat with occasional bloodworms/sick shrimp, and the shrimp population will supplant the pest snail pop.Thanks!
❤Kayla❤
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022
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queenhobart
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2016
We've been experiencing some serious die-of in our 70-gallon, heavily planted tank lately, and blamed it on a snail infestation. We had an angelfish for 5 years who died about 6 months ago, and apparently he'd been eating a lot more snails than we thought, because DANG, dowe ever have snails now! We've lost 2 gouramis, 3 tetras and a 7 year old pleco (that was rough) in this die-off :( 3 gouramis, 3 tetras, and 2 coris are surviving, though one of the tetras has been looking poorly. We try to keep the tank as natural as possible, so we didn't want to use a bunch of chemicals to get rid of the snail infestation. Those can hurt fish, too, anyway. And since it is a heavily planted tank, the snails won't leave the plants to go for the old "float a piece of lettuce in there" trick. So ordered the assassin snails---you'd be surprised how few pet stores keep them in stock! Or maybe you wouldn't be surprised, because you're reading this review to decide whether or not to order them...anyhow.The seller contacted me ahead of time with careful instructions on how to receive the package containing my snails, and included information on how to carefully introduce them into my tank. They even threw in an extra teeny snail! All were alive when they arrived and woke up pretty quickly after they went into the tank. The first day, they were really interesting to watch--pretty shells, very zippy for snails, exploring and attacking the hordes (HORDES!!!) of snails of the infestation plaguing my heavily planted 70 gallon tank.One possible problem, though...I can't find the little buggers anymore! It's only been 3 days and I can't find them. Granted, the tank IS a bit of a jungle, but I haven't seen them since the second day they were here! Hopefully they're on like, covert ops to get rid of the other snails, but I can't be sure. So I'm giving a tentative high rating, given they did arrive alive and well, I was given a lot of information on their care and the company seems very invested in the wellbeing of their critters. Just hoping they turn up soon!
M
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2015
I received my snails within days of ordering. I received a bonus snail, as other reviewers reported. It's been a couple months and I haven't seen a single invasive snail since a couple days after the Assassins moved in. I'm also pleased to report that my snails have been coupling off! They mate every couple weeks, it seems. I'm still awaiting a baby snail sighting, but I read that baby Assassin snails burrow into the substrate and don't emerge until they've reached adulthood a couple months later. Fingers crossed!-- Update -- Oh yeah, boy. Just to update: Baby assassin snails did crop up over -- quite a few of them! It got to the point that I had to actually get rid of them by taking them out of the tank and ... introducing them to the garbage. I didn't know what else to do! It's been about six months since then and I have a couple new assassin snails, but my tank isn't overrun and there have been no invasive snails since the assassins were introduced.
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