Green spotted puffers

[Wade91789]

Hey all! Me and my brother have acquired 4 green spotted puffers and we're thinkin of raising snails for them to eat to keep their beaks trimmed back. We were wondering water the fastest breeding snails were that could keep up with feedings... Any ideas would be appreciated thanks

 

[Terrance]

Regular pond/pest snails.

 

[Wade91789]

Regular pond/pest snails.

Ok where's a good place to get these?

 

[Wade91789]

And also our local lake has freshwater clams out the wazoo.. Could they eat them?

 

[Tetra1990]

And also our local lake has freshwater clams out the wazoo.. Could they eat them?

I would not risk it. For pond/pest snails, go tot your local LFS. They will be dirt cheap OR they may just give them to you.

 

[Wade91789]

Ok the closest LFS from us is 40 miles.. Once we get some will they reproduce fast enough to keep up with feeding or will we just have to keep buying some?

 

[vanimal]

I've been wondering about these fish too. Are they fully freshwater? I also heard feeding crayfish can help keep their beaks trimmed. What do they eat normally?

 

[emerald76]

No, GSP are brackish to (preferably) marine fish. Pond snails reproduce insanely quickly. Keep them in a breeder trap(a large plastic one) in a freshwater tank and you'll have hundreds in a week or so, depending on how many you start with. Just be sure you don't let them into the main tank. I hate the little buggers, they are impossible to get rid of.

 

[Terrance]

And also our local lake has freshwater clams out the wazoo.. Could they eat them?

If you freeze the clams for a few days to kill off the bad bacteria, then you have a good food source.

 

[Wade91789]

Thanks! Will be looking for pond snails. In the mean time we found 100 MTS for $20