cuke and nassarius snails

[WETFISH]

I put a tigertail cuke [solomon island cuke] and some super nassarius snails[solomon island nassarius snails] in my tank about 5 weeks ago.Have not seen the cuke since.Should I assume he is gone? The snails come out at night but mostly only when there is food.Does anyone specifically feed their snails or just let them graze on what they can find? Supposedly they eat algae,diatoms and fish waste ,is this your expierience?

 

[mrobbtx]

Hi, You never know if hes gone or not, I have had many things vanish and reappear weeks or months later to my surprise, including a Scott's Velvet wrass I gave $125 for...into my tank..under the sand in 1.1 second...never seen again...2 years later I was in the process of moving, Guess what? My 1.5 inch wrass was now 4 inches long...stunningly colored..and hiding under my sand bed. Goes to show! As for your snails, if you feed your tank often as you have fish too, they should be fine. They will scavenge carrion (fish waste and excess food), they wont eat algae, can't say about diatoms from experiance, Ilynassa Obsoleta will eat diatoms, algae and carrion, even cyano from what I have read and experianced from others in the hobby that I trust, in fact I am ordering a bunch from a private collector friend of mine now, I am even thinking of selling them, but one step at a time. I wish you luck finding your cuke my friend...LOL

 

[drummereef]

Cukes are nocturnal. Check your tank about 2 hours after the lights go out. I'm sure you'll find it making its evening rounds.