Mr Blue Ram Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hi all, This is my first post. Just got some questions, can I feed crushed small red and brown ramshorn snails to my discus and rams regularly? They seem to love it aspecially them bossy rams(have to watch they dont bloat them selfs :lol: ) I'v asked a discus breeder about this and he said they could carry parrisites and bugs and would personally not feed them to his discus, I figured snails would be full of nutrients as they eat plenty of plants and fish food. I have googled it and many sites say to feed excess snails to fish and dwarf puffers and many loaches it them as there main diet? Well i'm kind of stumped : | Any advice would be Appreciated Thanks for your time, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 are the snails in question in the tank with the discus/rams? if they are then i dont see the problem other than possibly digesting the shells. normally i just squish any i see on the glass and my fish go and pick at them by themselves. i personally wouldnt provide them as part of their main diet but i dont know the nutritional value of snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blue Ram Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Yeah they are in the same tank as the rams/discus. I thought the same that they would be fine, but better make sure so i emailed the breeder i got them from and he...said(prevous post). I have to many snails and was planing on getting some dwarf puffers untill i found out about there attitudes to other fish :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Go for it, the fish enjoy them as a snack. As far as the shells of them are concerned, my cichlids grab the whole morsel, chew several time, spit the lot out, then quickly tear in and get the meater bits before its jealous tankmates can benefit from his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 :lol: alan, awesome way to put it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blue Ram Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Thanks for the replys, Sorry about not answering straight away :oops: just wanted to see if some one else had anymore info. Anyhow i feel a lot safer about feeding my exssive ramshorns to my fish, I thought i had there numbers right down until i turned on the lights about 12 last night they were every where, eating holes into my swords! I think i will just bait them with big chunks of lettice. Thanks for all the good imput Alan and Sharn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Mr Blue Ram, how about a snail trap? I don't think they're very expensive, and apparently they're very effective. I hate little baby snails, they come in on plants and before you know it... BAM!!!!! billions of the buggers. It makes me love my clown loaches so much more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blue Ram Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Haha, yea i also dislike them. I got there numbers right down buy baiting them with lettice and put in a skunk loach. I then had to go on holiday for 2 weeks, so i come back expecting i nice snail free tank and what do i see! Holes all threw my swords and ramshorns every where lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 So the loach didn't keep up, or was he removed once the job was done? If so, maybe keep him in there - i don't notice any snails in my new tank since the clowns were added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Mr Blue Ram, how about a snail trap? I don't think they're very expensive, and apparently they're very effective. They are so effective indeed that you can catch even adult bristlenoses in them!! Was quite difficult to get it out again, was wrapped right round the bait! So now we use them to catch the young bristlers we want to remove to another tank. Catches many more bristlenoses than snails!! :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blue Ram Posted January 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yea the little skunk loach doesent seem to be doing the job, i see lots of emty shells around the tank but have never seen him eat a snail. Also i find the skunk loach to not be aggressive at all only sometimes he might chase the corydorys away but not often,(alot of web sites go on about how agressive they are)he just tends to mind his own bussiness watching things from the hole in the drift wood, funny little thing he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.