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ADF's Eat Snails?

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Frogs4ever

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I was wondering if ADF's eat snails. Their tank got the snails from an infested PetSmart plant. :( I haven't put anything like a loach in there to eat the snails because I didn't want my frogs getting hurt, or getting outcompeted for food. However, it seems the frogs are somehow controlling the snails themselves...

I rarely ever see an adult snail (when I do I remove it), but I know they're still in there because I vacuum out shells from the sand when I clean the tank. Are the frogs eating the smaller baby snails? Are the bigger ones I see just snails that managed to escape the frogs?

The tank should be way more infested than it is, so I'm not sure what's going on.
 
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I'm not too sure on the subject, but I wouldn't expect the frogs to eat the snails. They might have too much chitin in the shell. If you're looking to get rid of them, I would recommend a slight salt solution. They aren't doing any harm though, just eating left over food, so I would just leave them. :ufo:
 
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Snails typically breed in response to over feeding. Maybe your frog is doing a better job of eating it's food faster? Or you're feeding it less? Or it's gotten bigger? My ADF's will try to eat snails, especially larger one if they make a lot of movement, but they just seem to spit them out.
 
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The largest size I've ever seen these snails grow would still fit in the frogs mouth. They're small. The reason I asked about the frogs eating them (there are 3 ADF's), is I NEVER see in between sizes of the snails. Just TINY baby ones and the rare full grown ones. Where are all the middle sized ones? Two of the frogs are pretty fat, so I still suspect they may have been snacking on the side. Lol.
 
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