Snail advice

[Meghan Young]

Hello everyone,
I am looking for some advice. I have dwarf puffers and I need to feed them
snails. The local pet store will give me some from their system but they
are getting frustrated with me since I'm back every week.
It doesn't seem to matter how many I put in their tank, my puffers eat every
one in sight and the snails do not have time to reproduce. Is there any way
I can keep a snail population without having to have another tank?

[Rocco Moretti]

Meghan Young wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I am looking for some advice. I have dwarf puffers and I need to feed them
> snails. The local pet store will give me some from their system but they
> are getting frustrated with me since I'm back every week.
> It doesn't seem to matter how many I put in their tank, my puffers eat every
> one in sight and the snails do not have time to reproduce. Is there any way
> I can keep a snail population without having to have another tank?

Snails are rather hardy, so you may not need another "tank" - you
possibly could get away with a rubbermaid container tucked away in a
cupboard or under the bed.

Failing that, you might be able to set up a "safe" area in your main
tank with netting/ tank dividers which keeps the puffers out.

There is also local aquarium societies - some people may be happy to
give you a steady supply of snails from their overrun tanks.

[Meghan Young]

"Rocco Moretti" > wrote in message
...
> Meghan Young wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I am looking for some advice. I have dwarf puffers and I need to feed
>> them snails. The local pet store will give me some from their system but
>> they are getting frustrated with me since I'm back every week.
>> It doesn't seem to matter how many I put in their tank, my puffers eat
>> every one in sight and the snails do not have time to reproduce. Is
>> there any way I can keep a snail population without having to have
>> another tank?
>
> Snails are rather hardy, so you may not need another "tank" - you possibly
> could get away with a rubbermaid container tucked away in a cupboard or
> under the bed.
>
> Failing that, you might be able to set up a "safe" area in your main tank
> with netting/ tank dividers which keeps the puffers out.
>
> There is also local aquarium societies - some people may be happy to give
> you a steady supply of snails from their overrun tanks.
>

Unfortunately I cannot just make a safe zone in the tank...the puffers have
learned to jump. I did try this but I had to rescue both parties since the
snails had nowhere to hide and I was afraid the puffer would overeat.
I will try the other idea though...what type of lid would you suggest? Or
do you think it would be better to have an O2 supply? I don't like the idea
of leaving the container open but I don't want them to suffocate.

[Billy]

"Meghan Young" > wrote in message
news:8t4pe.1586979$Xk.511805@pd7tw3no...
> Unfortunately I cannot just make a safe zone in the tank...the
> puffers have learned to jump. I did try this but I had to rescue
> both parties since the snails had nowhere to hide and I was afraid
> the puffer would overeat.
> I will try the other idea though...what type of lid would you
> suggest? Or do you think it would be better to have an O2 supply?
> I don't like the idea of leaving the container open but I don't
> want them to suffocate.
>

You could get a small 'refugium' or similar to float in the back
corner of the tank.

http://www.aquariumsuppliesgalore.com/BreedersFishroom/breeding_supplies1.html

See bottom of page. I have a couple of these to keep feisty or
injured fish in if I don't have a Q-tank at hand, and there is no
disease danger. The floating one would be perfect for keeping snails,
IMO, and it's cheap, too. Your LFS should have something similar.

billy