How Many Snails A Day Would A Puffer Eat?

[emzyp]

i am still researching and thinking of getting either a green spotted puffer or a figure 8 puffer, and i know they eat snails as part of their diet.

im pressuming these would be malaysian trumpet snails?

how many roughly would they eat a day, as i was thinking of getting some snails and breeding them for the puffer to eat, also how quickly would the snails breed to a suitable size ? would i need to get the snails now in order for them to breed and be ready for the puffer, as i dont want to get the puffer first and have no food for it!

i dont have a puffer yet as im still deciding on the idea, as ive seen its alot different from keeping a community set up and feeding them on flakes etc!

Any information would be appreciated in helping me decide and answer the above questions

cheers

 

[emzyp]

i am still researching and thinking of getting either a green spotted puffer or a figure 8 puffer, and i know they eat snails as part of their diet.

im pressuming these would be malaysian trumpet snails?

how many roughly would they eat a day, as i was thinking of getting some snails and breeding them for the puffer to eat, also how quickly would the snails breed to a suitable size ? would i need to get the snails now in order for them to breed and be ready for the puffer, as i dont want to get the puffer first and have no food for it!

i dont have a puffer yet as im still deciding on the idea, as ive seen its alot different from keeping a community set up and feeding them on flakes etc!

Any information would be appreciated in helping me decide and answer the above questions

cheers

 

[tenohfive]

i am still researching and thinking of getting either a green spotted puffer or a figure 8 puffer, and i know they eat snails as part of their diet.

im pressuming these would be malaysian trumpet snails?

how many roughly would they eat a day, as i was thinking of getting some snails and breeding them for the puffer to eat, also how quickly would the snails breed to a suitable size ? would i need to get the snails now in order for them to breed and be ready for the puffer, as i dont want to get the puffer first and have no food for it!

i dont have a puffer yet as im still deciding on the idea, as ive seen its alot different from keeping a community set up and feeding them on flakes etc!

Any information would be appreciated in helping me decide and answer the above questions

cheers

Puffers will eat any kind of snail, I wouldn't spend the money on buying MTS - if you haven't got any already, get someone to send you some pest snails. They proliferate if you just add flake to the tank.

 

[black molly3]

when i had my green spotted puffer i just fed him pet snails. i got a fishin bait box filled it up with the tanks water put a little bit of plant in for some reason haha and got the pest snails out of my tank put them in there and just feed them lots of flake. you could get one if ya wanted even before you have snails they eatanthing meaty realy and mine even accepted flake the snails just help with their teeth growing out of proportion.
hope this helped.
o and btw if i was you i would get a gren spotted puffer. no apparant reason they just appeal to me more lol

 

[emzyp]

when i had my green spotted puffer i just fed him pet snails. i got a fishin bait box filled it up with the tanks water put a little bit of plant in for some reason haha and got the pest snails out of my tank put them in there and just feed them lots of flake. you could get one if ya wanted even before you have snails they eatanthing meaty realy and mine even accepted flake the snails just help with their teeth growing out of proportion.
hope this helped.
o and btw if i was you i would get a gren spotted puffer. no apparant reason they just appeal to me more lol

thankyou very much for youre replies guys!!!

 

[black molly3]

no problem make sure you post some pictues when you get hi haha. a good think to feed them are cockle which you can get from your local fish store or even some frozen lance fish but chop them up so he can chew on them haha. i used 2 feed mine bloodworm to.
good luck