I have two dawrf puffer fish [currently unnamed :C ] but they aren't touching the brine shrimp pellets i fed them. I'm gonna get some bloodworms and live and/or frozen brine shrimp, but i wanted to get some snails for them too cause i hear they have teeth [i wasn't sure if only some had teeth or all].
My friend has several fish including tetras bettas [ i think] and many more, and he has a hardy supply of those random snails you get with live plants. and i was wondering if he could donate me some snails so that my puffers [if they have teeth] can nibble on them and chisel down there teeth?
i also only have fake plants at the moment so the only thing i'd have to worry about is population control and stuff.
advice?
2007-08-27 14:21:05 · 3 answers · asked by may.face 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
O.K. well, they do eat those snails. But I highly suggest feeding them Live Ghost shrimp. When I had my pufferfish they ate them like crazy. They need the snails to wear their teeth down, or else they get to big and long and then you will have to maually clip them. Hope this helps!
2007-08-27 14:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by Megan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those snails ( usually lumped together and called pond snails) are perfect for your puffers to munch on. Unless your friend has a quite large tank full you will probably need a second supply at some point.
Dwarf puffers not only like snails as food, but need snails or other animals with a hard shell in their diet. As you have recently found out, they do have teeth and their teeth continue to grow for their entire life. They need hard shelled animals to eat to keep their teeth warn down to a proper length.
Feel free to email me if I can help further.
MM
2007-08-27 15:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ditto to MM
The only thing i would like to add on here is, that you could get yourself a 2.5 gallon tank which is filtered and heatet, put the snails from your friend in there and they will multiply like crazy
dwarf puffers need a constant supply of snails to wear down their teeth, or soon they won't be able to eat any food
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/dwarf_puffers.html
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-27 20:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋