ASSASSIN SNAIL "Clea helena" (Species Spotlight)

In today's video I'll cover everything you need to know about one of the most favourite snails in the Aquarium Hobby - Assassin Snail. This snail is well known for its ability to kill and eat other species of freshwater pest snails like for example Ramshorn, Pond or Malasian Trumpet Snails. In this video you will be able to find the care guide to keep this snail, but also close-ups to how it hunts its prey and why it got its nickname of an Aquarium "Assassin".
Music Credit (KZbin audio-library)
Ann Annie - A Whisper

[@guppygeorge1953]

Tank you Pat! Great video again 🐚

[@undersurfacechannel]

Thank you for watching :)

[@ghsh837]

Very well done and informative video, thanks a lot.

[@undersurfacechannel]

Thank you very much for your kind words 😊

[@DirtyArnie]

An assassin snail isn't really a snail. Its more like a conch than a snail.

[@Shleeeemp]

These are awesome snails- I’m breeding them now- once they’re out of actual snails to eat, bloodworm (probably black worm too, if you can get it) goes down very well…

[@KGTiberius]

Always have one in each tank. Balance.

[@undersurfacechannel]

I keep few as I have quite large populations of snails 😂👌🏻

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

Just when I think I've a cool/horrible solution to my MTS population. Right on cue, Mr Nerite reappears 🙃

[@undersurfacechannel]

😂😂👌🏻👌🏻

[@hectorlmunoz6955]

Saludos Adrian estoy buscando Red Endle me dijeron que eres de la Florida

[@surabhivijaya9227]

Also it won't move In RO water😢

[@Artorias0000]

I like eating this snail from southeast Asia

[@deepkeeper4762]

My assassin snail is totally useless, he is always buried him in the sand and didn’t do anything from last 2 weeks

[@undersurfacechannel]

Well, get few more of them 😊 Do you have only that one?

[@deepkeeper4762]

@@undersurfacechannel i have 10 gallon planted tank and 1 is more then enough for 10 gallon.

[@rollingstoners1460]

​@deepkeeper4762 seems like it isnt since you still have a problem

[@tinadoyle3803]

Will one eat my rabbit snail ?

[@Mothobius]

Yeah most likely.

[@Mothobius]

They eat other snails

[@tinadoyle3803]

@@Mothobius OK Thanks.

[@Shleeeemp]

If it’s a much bigger snail, assassins will gang- up on them. There is no escape… Having said that, I have one assassin and one Nerite in my 5gallon and they coexist peacefully…

[@fanyoktavia1703]

This shit easy to breed. aquarium with 0.5 cm mulm. i have 8 adult now i have atleast 16 tiny assasin snail. n No egg eater fish allowed