Feeding Snails To F8

[Dan04COBRA]

I currently cannot breed my own snails.

Are snails carriers of any diseases from the LFS? In other words - is it safe to bring home a snail from the LFS, quick freshwater dip and then feed him to my F8?

 

[nmonks]

They should be fine, but quarantining or cleaning live food is always a good idea. Bags of brine shrimp and bloodworm usually come "cleaned" but snails won't, so there is a risk. If you can, collect snails from a fish-free pond (like a small garden pond). Those should be much cleaner than snails taken from your fish shop. From the shop, the risk is small, but real.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[puddle_inc]

like it says in my sig, i'm selling loads of pond snail eggs and they just keep coming, i have a tub for some of them to grow up and lay more eggs but i have a 1+ gallon betta bowl with tons of snail eggs. they hatch fairly fast and they grow real fast, in 4-6 weeks they are matured and can have there own eggs. I'm thinking of having it 2 egg clutchs for $5.

the price includes shipping. I will be selling lots of live critters back up in the spring but for now i'm only selling the snail eggs. I had one report of some ramhorns in some of the eggs. So somehow i got some ramhorn eggs in with the pond snail eggs. So you may get both, you may just get pond snails.

mine are ALL captive breed in my aquariums and my tub. i put crushed shell (that i found and crushed myself, after cleaning bacteria off of the shells) and i always have lettuce and other plants for them to eat on. there purty good pond snails, not to brag

my last puffer LOVED them