Help!

[Truck]

ive just crushed a few snails and took them out the tank, i droped one and a rams eat it and it now looks like hes trying to choke it down.

the snail was about 5mm but was crushed i think he eat the main part of the snails body, and a few peices of the shell, will he be ok anything i can do

water stats i helpful

NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 10
PH 6.8

all stats in ppm

 

[Gilli]

I wouldnt worry about it - I crush snails and feed them to my rams shell and all on a regular basis. You will find they chew them for ages and then spit out the shell. They adore them as a treat and its a good way of keeping the snail population down! Mine feed from my hand!

 

[Truck]

oh cool, yeh hes choked it down now, i shall feed them more often, i love my rams, great personality they all get on really well, and they are on of the most stunning and colourful FW fish IMO

 

[Gilli]

They are my favourite fish as well and they are very intelligent. When mine see me they swim over to a snail and stare hard at it waiting for me to pick it out and crush it! They also sulk and lose thier colour if I dont pay them enough attention!

Have you tried feeding yours tinned tuna fish? Mine love it - whenever I have a sandwich I give them a little. They also love minced beef and tiny shredded pieces of cooked prawn.

 

[Truck]

awesome, i shall feed them now, ive been feeding them:

crushed snails
cichlid pellets}Hikari
micro pellets}as above
blood worms
daphnia

and i will try what you suggest

 

[minxfishy]

Mine used to love prawns too, try those as well

 

[Truck]

i will but ill have to buy some, as my sister is allergic to shellfish so i have to be careful

 

[minxfishy]

Just buy some frozen blocks that you get in the LFS, no chance of your sister getting those.

 

[Truck]

oh ok ill take a look next time i go, do gamma make it?

 

[minxfishy]

Yep, should be in the fridge part with the bloodworms, brineshrimp etc, although saying that only some of the LFS nr me do the prawns, so you might need to look about.

If you get fresh ones from the supermarket, just make sure you break it up into small pieces for them.

 

[Truck]

ok ive got my own mini-fridge for my fish the things we do for our wet friends

 

[Gilli]

Mine will try anything but funnily enough the only thing they wont eat is cichlid food!

 

[Truck]

mine wont even touch flakes or tuna