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Snail for puff q's
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:44 pm
by skyreep1
okay so i got 7 snails in the mail
until my new filter comes in my puff is in a 5g
and i put the snails in a 3 gal bowl with 3 pieces of lettuce but they dont seem to be coming out of thier shells
i put a smaller one with my puff and he took 1 hit at it and then left it alon...
what should i do?
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:54 pm
by Sponge bob
Let the snails be,they will come out soon.
Jw, what kind of puffer?
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:28 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
Snails may take up to 24 hours to come out after transportation.
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:22 pm
by skyreep1
he is a GSP
soon to be moved to his new 40g
i crushed one and fed it to him and i think he ate it before i even saw it
hes fast
but yea do you think once they start comin out he'll eat them without being crushed?
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:30 pm
by LilGreenPuffer
Sure he will.
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:52 pm
by Sponge bob
Yea
Re: Snail for puff q's
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 12:10 pm
by Myaj
Generally they can easily eat snails that are the size of the puffer's eye. Any bigger than that and they may need a little help by you partially crushing it first, at least until they get the hang of it
