Can axolotls eat aquatic snails?

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I've got a bit of a snail situation in my tropical tank, could I feed the little pests to my axies when I get them? Two birds with one stone style. I'd rather not put snail killer in with my fish. Thanks!
 
You can, but more than likely you'll just end up with a snail problem in your axolotl tank too.
 
Ah. Slight flaw in the plan there! Might get loaches for the fish tank. The snails are quite sweet, but there are >20. Yes I'm probably overfeeding the tank.
 
Glad to hear you had achange of heart, snails can be a problem as the will crawl on your axies and cause problems with their slime coat, I have seen some nasty sores from snails.
 
digger said:
Glad to hear you had achange of heart, snails can be a problem as the will crawl on your axies and cause problems with their slime coat, I have seen some nasty sores from snails.
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Ah, definitely no snail snackies then! Thanks for telling me this.
 
I used to keep those kind of snails as pets when I was a kid! Just a tank full of snails! :p
 
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