The Puffer Forum

Oh, okay. We have pond snails and the other ones the 'unicorns' must be malaysian trumpet snails, but ours are mostly white. Are those safe to feed to puffers? I hear theres a type that can break their teeth.

We found that theres a snail spawning area in my tank now. I have a japanese pagoda (the red archway) and I found clear gelatinous mounds of eggs all over it today. Most likely the pond snails, since they are the ones all over that thing regularly. I seperated one pod into a test tube to keep an eye on, in case the fish find the other eggs. So far though they seem okay. I cant wait because I want my puffers to be on a more regular diet of snails, the only thing Ive had for them this week is the frozen bloodworms.

Thank you JRC3 for posting that picture, thats most helpful!

I hear theres a type that can break their teeth.

That would be the MTS.

MTS do not deposit eggs. They produce live offspring.

the eggs are most likely from the pond snails,...as they said

Okay cool. I have all the MTS in the platy tank, I had thought maybe those were the ones I shouldnt give them, they seem to have really hard shells. All the pond snails are in the guppy tank and Ive seen some babies growing from the eggs, unfortunately I think the babies ate most of the eggs. Im hoping the snails start breeding faster because I need snails to give the puffs weve been feeding them wild-caught shrimp and bloodworms.

I feed my 6 for 7 days. I feed a day or less at the same time and same place (to make pick up a bit easier.) I know some people find interesting, hand feed, but I would recommend right...