Wanted in Northern Subs, CT: Ramshorn Snails

I'm off to collect my new puffer in a couple hours. I'd like to start breeding snails for him to eat. If anyone has unwanted Ramshorn snails, please chuck them my way. I can collect in Cape Town's Northern Suburbs.

 

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RAMHORMS are pests! and breed worse then Rabbits
its a big deal to get Rid of them (took me almost a Year) taking out 30+ a day
but yeah good food for ur puffer

 

I know they're pests. That's why I'm making a plea for them, cos no-one else wants them. Lol. I'm going to set-up a seperate "farm" for them and chuck in a couple a day for the puffer to chow.

 

If Xandoz does not mind, if there are any other spare snails i would also like some for a puffer too. Would they breed in a pond? Also willing to collect.

 

Howzit @Frank007301
Are you willing to breed them yourself? I don't have enough to supply as food.
They don't seem to reproduce very quickly in my tanks, either the cichlids are chowing the babies or they're not getting enough food.

@Xandos - how do you plan on creating that "farm"?
Frank - I'm sure they'll breed in almost any body of water if you feed them properly and keep the water parameters from reaching extremes.

I had trouble maintaining their shells when I had them in a small tank with a few shells and some cuttlefish bone, thus the population never really got going. I guess there was not enough calcium in their diet and water. You'll probably get better results than I did if you feed foods with a little calcium and let them eat pretty much 24/7... I wasn't too good with that, hence they're back in my tanks and multiplying slower than my cichlids.

 

The plan is to set up a small basic tropical tank, supply veggies and algae wafer or similar, and go from there. I know they bred like crazy in my goldfish tank when I was a kid, so maybe they prefer cold water? Will have to do a bit of reading first.

 

Yeah i am hey.I want to first build up enough of a population to sustain itself and then start using them as food. Would probably work well in a pond if Xandoz says they like cold water.

 

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Reckon they'll do just as well without a heater (in a pond) but I think they prefer tropical temperatures.
I'm sure if you're happy to give them good veggies like turnip greens and spinach along with a basic flake they will reproduce like crazy.

 

From my own experiance, I see the Ram horms love to stay under bog wood, they lay thier eggs at the bottom
and under anubius leafs, each lay is about 30-40 (yellow dots in a see though jelly) eggs and each leaf should have 6-8 clumps.
It was a nightmare for me to remove these snails. I got in many clown loaches to control it, but still had to hand pick them
daily.

Fish Flakes are more then enough for them but yeah i also see they love cucumbers (thats cos I feed cucumbers to my ancistrus)
if you dont want it to spread to your other tank, make sure u keep them safe in one tank/pond. as if they get lose... you will wish u didnt.
You can also get Malaysian Horn snails, they also breed extreamly fast

 

The malaysian horns are too tough for the puffers to eat easily. Apparently, their shells are too hard.

 

Hi there,
how did you get rid of the Ramshorn snails? I have a lot of very small ones in my tank.

 

...(misread the previous post)

 

if anyone is in the southern suburbs and needs them (or from whereever but willing to travel to southern suburbs...feel free to come siphon out any number of my 10000000000000 snails infesting my tank.