Puffers & Apple Snails ?

[Muzzuk]

Hi all, today i purchased 2 figure 8 puffers and i was just wondering if i could put apple snails in with them ( the snails are around 1" - 1.5") ??? thank you

 

[kizno1]

Hi all, today i purchased 2 figure 8 puffers and i was just wondering if i could put apple snails in with them ( the snails are around 1" - 1.5") ??? thank you

Puffers eat snails so i wouldnt. For all that they might be quite big i think they will just pester and nip and the snail which wont do it any good.

 

[Muzzuk]

Hi all, today i purchased 2 figure 8 puffers and i was just wondering if i could put apple snails in with them ( the snails are around 1" - 1.5") ??? thank you

Puffers eat snails so i wouldnt. For all that they might be quite big i think they will just pester and nip and the snail which wont do it any good.

i bought the snails to breed them for the puffers, but like you said if there gonna pester them i'll leave them in a seperate tank

 

[kizno1]

Hi all, today i purchased 2 figure 8 puffers and i was just wondering if i could put apple snails in with them ( the snails are around 1" - 1.5") ??? thank you

Puffers eat snails so i wouldnt. For all that they might be quite big i think they will just pester and nip and the snail which wont do it any good.

i bought the snails to breed them for the puffers, but like you said if there gonna pester them i'll leave them in a seperate tank

Apple snails wont really be the best snails for puffer food because they breed fairly slow compared to pest snails. You would be better off going to your lfs and asking if they can give you a few snails and set them up a little tank with a filter and let the breed away.

 

[Muzzuk]

Hi all, today i purchased 2 figure 8 puffers and i was just wondering if i could put apple snails in with them ( the snails are around 1" - 1.5") ??? thank you

Puffers eat snails so i wouldnt. For all that they might be quite big i think they will just pester and nip and the snail which wont do it any good.

i bought the snails to breed them for the puffers, but like you said if there gonna pester them i'll leave them in a seperate tank

Apple snails wont really be the best snails for puffer food because they breed fairly slow compared to pest snails. You would be better off going to your lfs and asking if they can give you a few snails and set them up a little tank with a filter and let the breed away.

i went to 2 lfs today and they would'nt sell me any snails for the puffers , so i went to a local garden centre n got the apple snails there and also got mysis which was recommended

 

[nmonks]

Figure-8 puffers are BRACKISH WATER fish and will not survive in freshwater indefinitely. Apple snails are FRESHWATER snails. The two species CANNOT be kept together.

Puffers will peck apple snails, and even if they don't kill them outright, the wounds become infected and the apple snails will die. In fact apple snails are easily damaged by numerous other fish as well, and I would never recommend people keep them alongside fish. It rarely works out well, and few apple snails in aquaria last more than a year.

Puffers need crunchy food. Snails happen to be good sources of "crunch" but you can use other things too.

Cheers, Neale

 

[JasonandJill]

I feed my SAP's on Ramshorn snails which breed VERY quickly, though they only seem interested in very small ones. I've used 2 ways of keeping a "stock" of them. 1 way is to put a fair few in a tank with occupants that won't eat them, let them breed and transfer them to the puffer tank when required. Another way is to put some in the bottom of a cannister filter. This isn't as productive but some "babies" will survive and grow and is a good emergency reserve as well as keeping "pests" out of the tank.
Has your LFS got SAP's in store? If so I bet you're nowhere near Bristol by any chance, been trying to get more for ages

Sorry, the post I read before yours mentioned SAP's and I got confused. Easy for me to do! :stupid: