Which Snails?

[bogwood]

I've heard that the Malaysian Trumpet Snail's shell is too hard for these smaller puffers... (shame, I have some in another tank!)... which snail type is good food for these Dwarfs... not too large and not too hard...

 

[Fella]

I've heard that the Malaysian Trumpet Snail's shell is too hard for these smaller puffers... (shame, I have some in another tank!)... which snail type is good food for these Dwarfs... not too large and not too hard...

For feeding mine I use typical pond snails. I've got a load in another tank that breed out of control, and I feed them the smallest ones possible. Ideally, you want to be feeding ones smaller than their eyes, but it's not always possible to do that, so the other approach I take is to take a larger one and squish it before I drop it in, meaning they can tear it apart as they please.

HTH.

 

[bogwood]

I've heard that the Malaysian Trumpet Snail's shell is too hard for these smaller puffers... (shame, I have some in another tank!)... which snail type is good food for these Dwarfs... not too large and not too hard...

For feeding mine I use typical pond snails. I've got a load in another tank that breed out of control, and I feed them the smallest ones possible. Ideally, you want to be feeding ones smaller than their eyes, but it's not always possible to do that, so the other approach I take is to take a larger one and squish it before I drop it in, meaning they can tear it apart as they please.

HTH.

Ta... What is the scientific name for what you call a 'typical pond snail'?...

 

[Fella]

I've heard that the Malaysian Trumpet Snail's shell is too hard for these smaller puffers... (shame, I have some in another tank!)... which snail type is good food for these Dwarfs... not too large and not too hard...

For feeding mine I use typical pond snails. I've got a load in another tank that breed out of control, and I feed them the smallest ones possible. Ideally, you want to be feeding ones smaller than their eyes, but it's not always possible to do that, so the other approach I take is to take a larger one and squish it before I drop it in, meaning they can tear it apart as they please.

HTH.

Ta... What is the scientific name for what you call a 'typical pond snail'?...

I have literally no idea. If you asked your LFS for pest snails there is a good chance they might be the ones you'd receive.

 

[emma12321]

Hi Bogwood,

This might help for the snail id http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=75554 they will also eat tiny ramshorn snails. Most LFSs get small pest snails in with their live plants. If you buy a live plant you are almost guaranteed to get some free.

Emma

 

[abarnswell]

You can give them any sized pond snail or ramshorn snail. If the snail is too big to eat in its entirety (ie., crush with their beak and eat), which nearly most snails are too big for this, the dwarf puffers don't mind. They will stick their beaks inside the snail and bite off the snail's head and nibble on what they can reach inside the shell. They're not picky. The problem with this, though, is that you get a lot of half-eaten dead snails on the bottom of the tank. You'll need to pull those out so the water doesn't go downhill.