The Puffer Forum

Ok, so its been about a week since i startd up my snail breeder tank. Its a 2.5Gallon aquarium with a corner filter in it and a filter bag full of crushed coral. Anyways, i checked the tank today and saw several clear sacs on the glass with little whitesh balls(eggs) inside. Very excited since i want a good colony up and breeding before i get any puffers.

I might have asked this before but i forget, what kind of output(snail wise) can i expect from such a small setup? i want to feed my puffs snails as a staple, and depending on the snail breeder output will determine how many DP's (max of 3) i will get.

You can probably expect a healthy stable colony within 2 months or so able to produce a couple snails a day. Steady feeding will really help in the early days.

I have a 2.5 gallon tank as my snail breeder and it produces enough snails to feed my 2 DPs about 3-5 snails each, every other day or so (I used to have 3 dps and it was enough for the 3 of them also). I never really have an abundance of snails in there, but its usually enough to get by. I think a bigger tank would be be able to sustain a larger population, but for 3 DPs it should work alright.

i think i am gonna just get 1 dp for my 10g. Do you think it would be lonely?

One would be great in a 10g, he/she would likely love it, especially if its densely planted/decorated. You could also get 3 otos to put in there, too. DPs and otos often get along well.

oh, it will be heavily planted.

I checked my 3.5gal snail breeding tank and I also found some clear sacs. I've only had them in there for 3 days. I got 4 ramshorn snails in there and a little "mysterious" snail that appeared out of no where. I have no idea how it got in there. Well good luck with your breeding

i cant find them anymore, so i dunno what happened to them. It appeared as though the ramhorns were carrying them on their backs.

Also surprising, the amount of growth in the ramhorns after such a short peiord of time.

I need to locate some ramshorns...unless its ok to feed them black mystery snails...which I doubt.

once mine are up and breeding well, i'll be happy to mail you some for free(if you pay shipping)

saynever wrote:once mine are up and breeding well, i'll be happy to mail you some for free(if you pay shipping)

That sounds great actually, keep me posted.

I didnt want to start another forum, but i have a question...

Do snails need light or could i grow them in say my basment? where the only light comes in from 2-3 tiny storm windows...

No, they don't need light, but they do do best with warmth.