Please Help!

[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

 

[Nick16]

less than a month ago i have 5 mts. now i have about 20. so in another month or 2 i will have around 40 or 50! they breed quick. as for info on the puffers im no expert!

 

[emzyp]

less than a month ago i have 5 mts. now i have about 20. so in another month or 2 i will have around 40 or 50! they breed quick. as for info on the puffers im no expert!

ooh,that quick!! thanks

answers to the other Q's anybody else???

 

[iSnail]

MTS (Malaysian trumpet snails) are not suitable for puffers as food. The shells are too hard and some people think that they would break the puffer's beak. I do have MTS in my dwarf puffer tanks but they are not for food.

Best types of snails are ramshorn, pond, pouch/tadpole snail or even baby apple snails if you happen to breed them. These snails are prolific breeders anyway.

GPS and Fig8 puffers are brackish so you might want to do some research in the brackish forum. They also eat other frozen crustacean food so you don't have to feed them purely on snails anyway.

There are a few helpful pinned topics above these threads too

 

[Fella]

MTS (Malaysian trumpet snails) are not suitable for puffers as food. The shells are too hard and some people think that they would break the puffer's beak. I do have MTS in my dwarf puffer tanks but they are not for food.

I disagree, I've never had any problems feeding MTS snails to puffers. Realistically, they'll be biting down on much harder material in the wild. I would go as far as to say they are beneficial.

 

[3ndl3r]

MTS are ok for larger puffers. i wouldn't risk them with smaller ones.

 

[iSnail]

MTS (Malaysian trumpet snails) are not suitable for puffers as food. The shells are too hard and some people think that they would break the puffer's beak. I do have MTS in my dwarf puffer tanks but they are not for food.

I disagree, I've never had any problems feeding MTS snails to puffers. Realistically, they'll be biting down on much harder material in the wild. I would go as far as to say they are beneficial.

We are not necessarily in disagreement Like I said, I do keep MTS in my DP tanks and don't have problems with them. My DPs will just suck out the snail meat on the larger MTS anyway.

I understand your point that they will bite on even harder food in the wild, but in the wild they can also choose to feed on other less hard crustacean or fish when available