is a lettered olive snail reef safe?

[rescuediver]

I picked up one of these guys at my LFS the guy said they are reef safe, its an oliva sayana snail and I have read they prey on small mollusks and bivalves, Does that mean my mexican red leg hermits are gonna get eaten?

 

[pagojoe]

Probably not, but that's no guarantee. They will scavenge as well as kill other snails. I don't know if they will kill crustaceans, but I know they'll eat dead ones.

Cheers,


Don

 

[rescuediver]

so would u remove it or let it be and see how it does

 

[pagojoe]

I'd let it be and feed it something meaty occasionally. Then again, I'd rather have an Olive snail than most of the other stuff it might eat.

Cheers,


Don