A Snail Farm For My Clowns?

[phantomlink]

I have a bunch of snails in my various tanks, I picked up a few Yoyo's the other week and got a few more smaller ones today and some clowns. I know these guys like to snack on snails so I was wondering, how easy and what would I need to setup a snail farm in a 10 gallon I have? I want to have a steady supply of snails to feed them from time to time and I've only seen eggs once before. I have no idea what kind of snail they are, I'll upload pics when my current tank is done filling up from my WC ( a few mins )

Edit: I looked around and I guess they're just called Pond Snails

 

[Blitz]

I'm no expert but from my knowledge snails change genders. If you we're to breed them you can't really tell the diff. Between. Male and a female snail. IMO I'd just buy a whole bunch and put them in the tank.

 

[phantomlink]

You cant just buy em though, they hijack their way on plants. I could try finding what I can and throwing them all in a tank and seeing what happens

 

[the_lock_man]

Buy a couple of plants and overfeed the fish food. There are plenty of "How Do I Get Rid Of Pest Snails" threads on the forum. Thinking about it, isn't there one pinned somewhere? Just do the exact reverse of the advice on there.

 

[coolie]

Somehow, a couple got into my daphnia breeding tank and they are thriving on yeast! I didn't know this was possible. Technically it's not an aquarium, just a tank full of yeast.
I'm not suggesting this is the best way, just saying they are very resiliant and easy to feed etc.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

And seemingly the more you feed them, the more you will get. I had some issues with snails early on, but adding my BN pleco fixed the problem. He beat them to algae, and I think ate either their eggs, or the small snails, and they have never been a problem since. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw a snail in my tank.


Live plants, sold as "Snail free" just means you won't be charged for the snails. D Buy some plants and bash them into the 10 gallon tank... feed the tank as if it had fish in it and wait a week. You'll see the snails. If you want more snails, just feed it more. Of course, buy the cheapest food you can find since the snails won't mind.

 

[McCool]

If you have a a Petsmart anywhere near by, just go in and ask for some snails and they are usually more than happy to pick some out for you! I started my farm by having my LFS bag up it's unwanted Ramshorns, then just putting them in a 10 gallon tub with some java moss and a filter. Overfeeding also helps, you just have to keep up on your water quality. I gave them lots of algae wafers and zucchini, and pretty soon I had so many snails I had to start giving them away! .-.
They really are very easy to breed. My loaches love the Ramshorns, and they are a bit prettier than pond snails if you can find some

 

[phantomlink]

All I can see around here are apple snails for sale, and pond snails that come with the plants. Also the odd assassin snail

 

[coolie]

You don't want pond snails, they eat plants.

 

[phantomlink]

I think what I have are pond, they dont get very big but my plants are fine. The tank I would be "farming" the snails in wont have plants, or real ones at least

 

[Baccus]

If your snail farm has a light then algea will grow on any fake plants and the snails will happily chow down on that, as well as any other morsal of food.

 

[blackops]

of topic but could u pus some pics up of your clowns pls

 

[phantomlink]

They are only an inch long, you can see a few of them towards the end of this video I just did
http/youtu.be/FJGa7Hfnbfg