algae eating snails eat fish meat

[reefpanda]

so i bought this giant thing of silversides that i thought my corals would eat. turns out they didnt eat it. then they died, and i was stuck with a giant thing of silversides in my basement freezer. So i bought some nassarius snails so that i could get rid of the silver sides faster. its going pretty good, but a couple of times i have noticed that two of my giant turbo grazers and my tiger cowrie have been munching on the fish. Is this normal behavior?

the tiger cowrie is two-three inches long
one of the giant turbo grazers is the size of a giant marble
the other is about the size of a golf ball



also (off topic) how would i insert a picture to a thread, because i have a good picture of the cowrie munching on the silverside, i so just wanted to insert it to show you what i meant

 

[Smitty]

It is normal behavior for the snails to eat dead fish, they are part of your clean-up crew...

As far as posting pics, https://www.livingreefs.com/forums/newbies-to-reefing/12896-uploading-pics.html

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah, totally normal even for "algae eating snails". They are scavengers and detritivores, and tend to eat anything that your fish and corals miss.

 

[Bifferwine]

You should get a brittle or serpent star. They will love to take those extra silversides off your hands!