The Puffer Forum

DGabbs wrote:I think a 5 is best because realistically they will reproduce. You will still need to do water changes on the snail tank.

If you are feeding the snails carrots or cucumber once a week, there is really not a need to have natural light hit the tank.

I took some measurements last night and it looks like I only have room for a 3.5 gallon snail breeder tank. Sucks but I have to make due with what I got. Hopefully it works out.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... d=11051817

You can go that route if you want, but you can get a cheapo 5gal pail and put it anywhere on the floor or what ever and its much easier to get the snails out to feed in a pail. But good luck with the snail breeding! If you do water changes you'll get them breeding.

My tip would be to not use gravel, just keep it bare bottom and not too many hiding spots for them. The point of a breeding tank is to be functional.

DGabbs wrote:You can go that route if you want, but you can get a cheapo 5gal pail and put it anywhere on the floor or what ever and its much easier to get the snails out to feed in a pail. But good luck with the snail breeding! If you do water changes you'll get them breeding.

My tip would be to not use gravel, just keep it bare bottom and not too many hiding spots for them. The point of a breeding tank is to be functional.

I would do the pail but my 2 year old daughter will most likely get into it as well as my cats. I need to keep it up high like on my desk and at least this has a lid on it. Not if I could keep the pail outside that would be a different story.

What you can do is get a pail with a lid and hang the filter on the rim and cut tightly around the filter foot print on the lid. The water fall on hang on back filters is lower then where the filter grabs the rim so that could definitely be achieved. You just need to make sure that there are air holes to let air in for surface exchange.

A sponge filter is good enough.

Ya i suppose thats true. Im not a fan of sponge filters, but you could use one of those.

Pufferpunk wrote:A sponge filter is good enough.

Oh, sweet. Looking into the sponge filter now. Looks easy enough. Just use an air pump and throw the filter into the pail? May have to look into this.

Sponge filters are good for biological filtration, but i didn't feel like my old one did great at mechanical filtration. For snails though, may be the best bet.

EvilAsh wrote:How often do you feed your F8 puffer snails BTW?

Snails are the main part of my F8's diet. I give her thawed frozen bloodworms about once a week, and occasionally ghost shrimp. If I'm eating seafood, she always gets some (uncooked) if it's been frozen first.

But basically, it's snails about 5 to 6 days a week for her. Feed your snails a high-quality diet and your puffer will reap the benefits. As RTR says, "You are what your prey eats."

How many snail do you think you would put in the tank for one days food?

DGabbs wrote:How many snail do you think you would put in the tank for one days food?

I too would like to know this.

until the belly is slightly rounded