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how often would a fahaka need snails for his teeth...if snails arent available the usual such as clams and mussles would be ok right?

basically how often do fahakas need teeth filing foods

as much as possible.

yes clams on the half shell would work too, crayfish will work too. Basically anything with a hard shell, but NO mts's their shell is to hard and will crack teeth

They generally won't eat small snails so once you get a population going they can eat them anytime they can find them, throw a load in when lights out and most will hide, they eat any scrap of leftover food which is useful or setup a small breeding tank

if he is a baby you may have to crack open the snail with a coffee cup or something. thats what i do just to make it easier because my baby fahaka LOVES snails if i crack them for him and then the pieces of the shell are still trimming the beak or teeth... but mine will eat about 20 at a time. i just run to petsmart and they have a snail problem in thier tanks over populated so i just go in and they give me like a bag full for free. i would try to get free food saves $ especially with a fish with a HUGE appetite!

I wish my petsmart had a snail problem All they have is apple snails and they want $1.50/each for them.... such a rip off!

I found about a million snails at a local lake. I picked up around 500 of them & they're in the freezer. Filbert loves them! So do the clown loaches & plecos.

Cool , check out my little fella !!!

To Puffer King:

You should post this in it's own thread.