Nov 27, 2017 #1 abecker Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Aug 14, 2015 Messages 520 Reaction score 190 Location Charlotte, NC Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Has anyone had a Kole Tang picking at their snails? I keep seeing it pick up a snail or two off of the sand bed, and trying to pick at my turbo snail.
Has anyone had a Kole Tang picking at their snails? I keep seeing it pick up a snail or two off of the sand bed, and trying to pick at my turbo snail.
Nov 27, 2017 #2 G GBRsouth Valuable Member View Badges Joined Jul 9, 2017 Messages 1,281 Reaction score 3,585 Location N.S.W. AUSTRALIA Rating - 0% 0 0 0 My guess is that it is after algae on their shells, not the snails themselves.
Nov 27, 2017 #3 azbigjohn Valuable Member View Badges AZ FRAG Member My Tank Thread Joined Jul 18, 2015 Messages 1,022 Reaction score 1,113 Location Las Cruces, NM Rating - 0% 0 0 0 GBRsouth said: My guess is that it is after algae on their shells, not the snails themselves. Click to expand... That was my first thought, too. My Kole is pretty aggressive at picking at rocks, so I can imagine taking a chomp of algae, and actually picking up the shell until it comes lose. Are you seeing the Kole picking at the soft, meaty part of the snail, or the shell?
GBRsouth said: My guess is that it is after algae on their shells, not the snails themselves. Click to expand... That was my first thought, too. My Kole is pretty aggressive at picking at rocks, so I can imagine taking a chomp of algae, and actually picking up the shell until it comes lose. Are you seeing the Kole picking at the soft, meaty part of the snail, or the shell?
Nov 27, 2017 #4 OP OP abecker Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Aug 14, 2015 Messages 520 Reaction score 190 Location Charlotte, NC Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I think just the shell