LF snails the eat live plants combo.

[Deep Seven]

I'm building a breeder tank for snails and blackworms. I'm looking for a plant/snail combination, where I can grow live plants, and the snails will feed on the live plants and reproduce quickly.

Is there such a thing?

 

[Crepe]

Yes, any snail species, provided they are starved long enough will eat your plants. But if you're looking for sustainability, that's impossible. I don't think any plant could grow fast enough or survive long enough during an onslaught of snail munching.

It would be a better idea to just raise them on lettuce and algae wafers.

If you want a lot of snails just get pond or bladder snails or MTS.

 

[Tim Wheatley]

Ramshorn Snails will reproduce quick and only eat the plants if you starve them. They'll take almost any fish food and breed too though.

 

[Deep Seven]

Okay, so I'll grow snails using lettuce and algae wafers. What would be a good plant to grow for snail food/nutrient export?

I want a plant that snails will like eating (even if they won't do it until they're very hungry) and grow fairly quickly. I want to put the plant in the breeder tank, and possibly in my refugium too.

 

[Tim Wheatley]

Mine did well with an Amazon Sword. They would nibble on it when I obviously didn't feed them enough but the plant coped well. The snails laid their eggs in it a lot, too.

I used to sell them on eBay and obviously bred them for my Puffer and Loaches. If you just have snails in there then a bit of overfeeding will go a long way, but treat the tank like a fish tank (water changes, filter, etc).