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My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
My two amazon puffers (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails, shrimp, or anything shelled like they're supposed to. I have had them almost a month, and thought at first it could just be that they were just getting situated, but now I'm worried. I've tried multiple snail types, shrimp, etcetera, and even left stuff in their tank over night ... But nothing. They wouldn't even eat a ghost shrimp... Even after skipping a day of feeding (this is what my lfs said to try) still nothing. I'm seriously worried. They aren't starving to death though, they eat up blood worms and brine shrimp like candy, but what will I do about their beaks?
Thanks in advance for your time
Thanks in advance for your time
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Re: My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
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IDK how large the snails are you're offering them but if they are larger than their eye, I suggest crushing the snails.
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Re: My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
+1 to the above, try crushing them.
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Re: My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
I have tried multiple snail types crushed and not they are completely unamused 
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Re: My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
Better read the Dentistry article in our Library then. 
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: My amazon puffer (Colomesus asellus) won't eat snails
Hmm I was afraid that'd be my only solution, It looks like quite the ordeal. I guess my only questions now are when exactly should dentistry be used? (The moment they can't eat the food they normally destroy?) and is Tricaine-S (MS 222) by Western Chemical Inc. the proper stuff to buy for when the time comes?