Hi!
I have two green puffer fish. I purchased these fish from Walmart, not knowing anything about them. I came home and googled them, boy was I surprized!! I made a trip out of town to get them some frozen bloodworms, but they did not have any feeder snails. Where can I buy feeder snails? Thanks!
Where can I get feeder snails?
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2greenpuffers
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LongGrain
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
LFS gives me them for free, I just come in with a container and pick them out of his tanks. I keep them in a 6g tank hoping I can get them to mate, so I can have my own food supply, but no luck yet.
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PolishPuff
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Same here, visited my local Petsmart and let me tell you, they had a LOT of snails. I got them for free 
like always. Some times they are given me "the look" but most of the time there is no problem.
like always. Some times they are given me "the look" but most of the time there is no problem.
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2greenpuffers
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Thanks everyone 
I went to petsmart in the next town, but they did not have any. There is nothing where I live...is there any place I can mail order some? Thanks!
I went to petsmart in the next town, but they did not have any. There is nothing where I live...is there any place I can mail order some? Thanks!
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eieio
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
eBay2greenpuffers wrote:Thanks everyone
I went to petsmart in the next town, but they did not have any. There is nothing where I live...is there any place I can mail order some? Thanks!
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puffchella
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
aquabid too - http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... i?fwsnails
pond snails and ramshorns are the best and easiest to breed. trumpet snails and nerites may have shells that are too tough for the puffers to break when they are larger.
pond snails and ramshorns are the best and easiest to breed. trumpet snails and nerites may have shells that are too tough for the puffers to break when they are larger.
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105 - S. American planted tank w/ 4 SAPs • 37 - brackish with 2 F8s (in progress) • 7 - planted nano with 1 DP •
300 gallon above ground pond • 3500 gallon koi pond • 75 gallon goldfish pond
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suvattii2012
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ehz_148
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
I was lucky with one of my visits to a LFS...I went to get some MTS - the only snail they have (i'd crush them up since they are so hard). I came home and saw a different snail in the lot - it looked dead...thankfully I have high hopes for the impossible and left it in a bowl with water, a few hours later I came in to check and it had moved!!! That was October last year.. now I have 3 of it's offspring that have laid almost 40 patches of eggs all over the bowl I keep them in. Can't wait to have a large population of snails to choose from for my puffs. I may even have to ask my bro-in-law for my 5gal tank back if they overpopulate the little fish bowl I have them in for now. Perhaps I can start my own snail service..hahaha.
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2greenpuffers
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Thanks everyone! I am going to get some snails on wednesday!!! Hope they will not be to big?? Do they need to be small? This is all new to me
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Rule of thumb is as big as the puffer's eye but you can crush them.
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2greenpuffers
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Ok, Thanks!!
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spottedpee
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
you should try breeding some!
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Nuclear_Glitter
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
What sort of setup do you have going for your puffers?
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2greenpuffers
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Re: Where can I get feeder snails?
Yes, I think I will!! If I ever get any! The pet store, I was to get some snails from never got anyspottedpee wrote:you should try breeding some!
Grrr...this is getting old! I thought about mail ordering some but it is so cold out!!