Snails for DP's

[StingrayKid]

Snails are illegal to sell here in Maine, so it's hard to get them. Is there any other food that Dwarf Puffers will eat that can wear down their beaks like snails?

 

[GP]

Dwarf puffer's beaks don't really get big enough so you have to wear them down like other puffers, but they do still grow.. Maybe putting some brineshrimp or bloodworm under a shell of some sort?

 

[StingrayKid]

Would krill or some kind of shellfish work?

 

[Daveo]

brine shrimp pellets 8)


Daveo

 

[StingrayKid]

Cool.

 

[SilverDollar_03]

pretty much any other shelled food. like clams or other mollusks

 

[Opcn]

Most of the time dwarves just suck snails out of the shells anyways. Mabey collect some wild snails

 

[StingrayKid]

Most of the time dwarves just suck snails out of the shells anyways. Mabey collect some wild snails

That's a really good idea! I go up to my friend's lakeside cottage in the summer and the rocks in the shallows of the lake have tons of snails!

 

[Zombies]

Be wary of Parasites and Bacteria on wild snails.

 

[StingrayKid]

So, should I wask the snails off before I put them in?

 

[subopposite]

Can snails actually tolerate brakish waters? Just curious if they die right off when thrown in a salty tank. One LFS told me they cannot tolerate salty water, which makes it seem weird that snails are a food for puffers.

 

[crazywolf]

Can snails actually tolerate brakish waters? Just curious if they die right off when thrown in a salty tank. One LFS told me they cannot tolerate salty water, which makes it seem weird that snails are a food for puffers.

Actually DP's are a fresh water puffer. I'm not sure what brackish or salt water puffers eat. I would assume like was said earlier some other form of mollusk.

 

[samsung-401]

Don't think that you can just come over to my house and get snails whenever u want.

I told u the ppl at our lfs would gladley give u some. They get them in on plants on the time. Just ask them.

 

[Opcn]

There are brackish snails and saltwater snails too.

 

[StingrayKid]

Shut up Samsung. I'm taking some. Just kidding, but I am still taking the snails.