do ramshorn snails need to be acclimatised?

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Re: do ramshorn snails need to be acclimatised?

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That just might be grounds for divorce here. I am allowed sealed space in a designated part of the freezer for well-labeled containers.
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Lol! My husband doesn't care... I have a small shelf on the door of the freezer for bloodworms
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I have more food for my fish in my fridge, than humans.
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Re: do ramshorn snails need to be acclimatised?

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I have a fish food freezer, got it solely for that purpose lol
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I considered replacing the bar 'fridge when the old one died, but it did dump a lot of heat into the area and I decided to try floor level room temp for the live Californiablackworm and see how that went. I had to reduce the quantity per blue box, but I have plenty of those so it was okay. I don't do much breeding during the winter, so I do not need large stocks of live foods then. I give the breeders and myself a rest.
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Robert, Do you order from Californiablackworm? I'll probably need to do that after my move to SC. How much do you order & what does it cost you?
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No, I don't. My LFS (really a LPS (local pet store, as they do birds and herps as well) handles multiple live foods including weekly deliveries from Californiablackworms, and rarely run out. I get only about a 2 weeks supply at a time to save myself low room temperature storage w/o refrigeration. That requires lower stock per box and more/better rinsing of the blue boxes If there is an issue w/the weeklly delivery, the owner gives me advance warning or drops some off for me before stock gets low. Yes, I am spoiled.

I don't use nearly as many as you do. Most of mine go to the breeder DNRs and Tang Cichlids and the nearly sale-size fry of those. That is primarily spring to fall only, winter is normally a lull in breeding so I can have empty grow-out tanks in spring for re-do and a break during the higher outdoor and deck planting/re-do season.
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I HAVE MUSSELS!

Sorry, bit excited, can't wait for dinner time tomorrow, Piggy can have his first mussel :D
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Everyone has mussels :P you're not special cause of it!
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:D :D :D
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