Will Melanurus Wrasse Eat Large Snails?
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natesreef
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You should be safe. They will eat the smaller snails. But I think you will be fine. My Christmas wrasse eats the baby cerith snails in my tank but doesn't go for them if they are bigger than a cm long.
emerald525
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I have a melanarus in my frag and display tank and while I have saw shrimp mysteriously disappear and hermits , the trochus snails do well. 
. They also seem to leave nassarius snails alone and I like that the trochus have the ability to flip back over. I hope that helps.
. They also seem to leave nassarius snails alone and I like that the trochus have the ability to flip back over. I hope that helps.
gmoney243
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I have a 4" melanurus that doesn't eat snails or small shrimp. I have peppermint shrimp he doesn't bother anything. So just depends on ur fish I guess. I think I got lucky tho.
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-Logzor
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Well the wrasse may have eaten one snail so far, it was turned over for just a second as I was adding to the tank. The wrasse is hovering all around it. Hopefully it gets bored soon.
I checked in the snail and I could still see the black "cap" thing in there so It might be alive still.
I checked in the snail and I could still see the black "cap" thing in there so It might be alive still.
emerald525
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Oh sorry I forgot to add I usually add the snails at night when the wrasse is sleeping because anything I put in the tank, he inspects to see if it is edible.
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-Logzor
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Good point! Mine always does that, guess I should have waited.
