brackish water snails...

Tain't fresh, and tain't marine! Talk about brackish setups.
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Fishyfan
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brackish water snails...

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Are there any snails that would survive in a low brackish tank with a figure 8 puffer?
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Nerites possibly.
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I had a huge colony of Ramshorns in my previous F8's tank. I slowly acclimated a few in a pot before adding them to the tank and then they bred like mad.Unfortunately My new babies decided to eat them all the day I got them so I had to take them out before they munched themselves to death!! They did do very well in my low end (approx 1.004) tank though and I had heard other members say the same. I now have snails in 2 buckets in my kitchen, one in brackish water for the F8's and one in freshwater for the other puffers
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sorry I misread your post, I didn't realsie you wanted them to stay alive with the F8's :redface:
my mistake
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Boxermom wrote:Nerites possibly.
You can search the forum. I posted a long time ago about my experience with Olive Nerite snails. I've had 5 with my juvenile F8s for nearly 8 months and they seem to be doing fine. Please note that the F8s still attempt to eat the Olive Nerites. They may succeed someday. I don't know if the snails will be able to hold out against adult F8s.
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