Breeding Snails for my Puffers

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Akihiko.the.Puffer
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Breeding Snails for my Puffers

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I'm in the midst of setting up a 10 gallon for some Pea Puffers and my original plan was to keep snails seperate. I currently have 2 Ramshorn Snails in a 1 gallon separate from the main tank. But now I'm having some doubts. I want them to be healthy, but i don't want them to eat my plants.

Would it be better to keep them seperate and throw in a few for the puffers every week
or
Keep them in the main tank with the puffers?
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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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I checked that one too, but the pictures don't show. Is that just me, or have they gone from the articel?

O, by the way: HI! :mrgreen:
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Yes, unfortunately, when the board upgrade was done, we lost all the Library's photos. :(
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: Breeding Snails for my Puffers

Post by ramp005 »

Keeping ramshorns in a separate, 8 gallon tank myself, filtration by a sponge filter. I only keep a piece of driftwood in it and a piece of cutle bone on which they really like to graze.
I also keep some ramshorns in other tanks with smaller fish to have a constant flow of snails.
I don't notice the snails ruining my plants (mostly crypts). I feed them everyday with algae tablets or botia pellets or shrimp pellets. Sometimes I trow in some cuttings of Java moss (Christmas moss) when I trim it back in my other tanks.
I do water changes of 30-50% once or twice a week.
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