|
|
|||||||
Members currently in the Chat:0
|
|||||
 |
Users In Chat Room: There are several users in chat now! Don't Be Shy - click here and come on in! |
||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
09-18-2007, 05:09 PM
|
#1 |
|
Fishy Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 11
|
ok to feed mystery snails to puffers??????
im planning to bredd them yes no? o.o for dwarf puffers
|
|
|
|
09-18-2007, 05:55 PM
|
#2 |
|
Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kennewick, WA.
Age: 50
Posts: 1,017
  |
Why the heck not ???
__________________
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled
 |
|
|
|
|
09-18-2007, 06:37 PM
|
#3 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Age: 15
Posts: 345
|
its not gonna hurt them. i mean the puffers not the snails.
|
|
|
|
|
03-20-2008, 08:06 PM
|
#4 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 19
Posts: 194
|
it is actually good for them bc it keeps their beaks down. i suggest you do it once a month. thats what i do for my puffer
__________________
150 gallon african tank 3 Six-striped Frontosa (Unsexed) 2 Black Calvus (1 Male/1 Female) 2 Red Borelli (1 Male/1 Female) 2 Haplochromis redtail (2 Male/1 Female) 3 Salousi (1 Male/2 Female) 4 Orange Blotch Zebra (2 Male/2 Female) 2 Leleui (Unsexed) 1 Julidochromis Marliera 1 Ropefish 1 Syndontis Featherfin Catfish 1 Redtail Leopard Pleco(L-114) |
|
|
|
|
03-20-2008, 09:32 PM
|
#5 |
|
bammin like salmon
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 563
|
ithink it sounds good. mystery snails might be a bit big though, but u cud try it
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
03-21-2008, 12:15 PM
|
#6 |
|
girl anachronism
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,164
|
I fed baby mystery snails to the green spotted puffer at work. He loved 'em.
__________________
current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -1 dwarf puffer named Beep. for reference: my name is Julie
|
|
|
|
03-22-2008, 07:31 PM
|
#7 |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rogers, Ohio, USA
Age: 25
Posts: 260
 |
mainly the dwarf puffers will just pick at them until they die ( the snails ) or the snails will grow to adult in the tank and multiply most likly i wouldnt do it they are my pets but if you really want to feed them to the puffers go right ahead... wont hurt anyone in the long run in less you dont want to watch your puffer take ittle bites out of your snails....
__________________
http://monsters.rockyou.com/google_a...hp?i=167441100 |
|
|
|
|
03-22-2008, 08:05 PM
|
#8 |
|
Custom User Title
Join Date: Feb 2005
Age: 16
Posts: 1,656
|
the DPs are a rare case as they don't need to bite snail shells to keep their beaks filed like other puffers(though there's debate over red eye/red line puffers being a similar case). But baby snails might get the big crunch. Larger ones, like courtney mentioned, will just get picked at.
__________________
It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything |
|
|
|
|
03-27-2008, 12:31 PM
|
#9 |
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: quebec,canada
Age: 43
Posts: 9
|
good luck on breeding puffer fish.they need territory and there is no sexual difference.they never have been bred in captivity for what i know.giving snail is good for them but i would be carful of where they are from.
|
|
|
|
|
03-27-2008, 12:33 PM
|
#10 |
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: quebec,canada
Age: 43
Posts: 9
|
i used to give my puffers oysters and they loved it.they did noy have any problems braking the shell.
|
|
|
|
|
03-27-2008, 01:19 PM
|
#11 | |
|
bammin like salmon
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 563
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
03-29-2008, 06:53 PM
|
#12 | |
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rogers, Ohio, USA
Age: 25
Posts: 260
|
Quote:
Your actually very wrong there...dwarf puffers have been bred in captivity alot, goto www.dwarfpuffers.com i think it is you can learn alot there and wont give false information...
__________________
http://monsters.rockyou.com/google_a...hp?i=167441100 |
|
|
|
|
|
03-29-2008, 07:44 PM
|
#13 |
|
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: RI
Age: 17
Posts: 4,165
|
I think they meant breeding the snails as a food source anyway, not breeding the puffers.
__________________
 Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks
|
|
|
|
|
03-31-2008, 05:28 AM
|
#14 |
|
Supreme Dictator For Life
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Somewhere out Yonder...
Posts: 1,105
|
I would not do it with larger snails as they will just be shredded alive... which sounds a little brutal. I would breed the snails in another tank, and feed the offspring to your DP's.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
04-04-2008, 10:51 PM
|
#15 |
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: quebec,canada
Age: 43
Posts: 9
|
wrong about breeding puffer fish ?????
i have been keeping fish for over 30years. i have known a man that raised fish for over 40 years.about my saying good luck on breeding puffers it depends where you got your informations because as my own experience and my friends you realy need a good luck.just go and check the article from peter mckane.dont tell me that i induce others in errors.the males will see even females as a enemies.you may have or had good luck with breeding puffers but i go with my experience and i had plenty of it.
|
|
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Dwarf Puffers and Snails | pinegun | Oddballs, Killifish, and Predators | 5 | 07-13-2007 07:31 PM |
| Mystery Snails! | Kageshi17 | General Freshwater | 2 | 05-27-2007 02:36 PM |
| Differences between Apples Snails and Mystery Snails | leder_of_natara | Invertebrates | 5 | 04-07-2007 10:54 PM |
| Are these baby mystery snails? | Kageshi17 | Invertebrates | 3 | 03-09-2007 02:25 PM |
| Question about what Mystery Snails Eat?? | anasfire23 | Bettas | 13 | 01-01-2007 08:29 PM |
Linear Mode
