common ramshorn snails - great feeders!

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plah831

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I am looking to consolidate my colony of breeder snails. My loaches and puffers just aren't eating as many as I'm breeding!

Great feeder snails. Have no operculum (trap door) to hide behind, and breed easily. I'll send you roughly 15-20 adults to use as breeders. $6 is all I ask, and that includes shipping!

Mine are healthy, clean, and have excellent shells.

Price is negotiable, depending on what combination or number you select. I've also got some larger adults if you want them as pets.

This is a duplicate of a thread I have running at AquariaCentral. You will see that all my feedback has been positive :)
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85678
 
oh, my preferred payment method is Paypal, but I've also accepted mailed checks and money orders.
 
I want some, how do I contact you?
 
oops, I guess I need 5 posts before I can do PM's. Here's my fifth post :)

Sorry, I'm used to AquariaCentral. Still getting used to this slick new forum!
 
PM sent! Monster Loach feeders headed my way! Thanks for the great hookup! BTW, what do you feed yours?
 
davo;562799; said:
how easy do they breed? and what is there max size?
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their max size is about 3 cm in diameter, or a little over an inch. They are smaller in volume than, say, mystery snails. But these guys lack an operculum (trapdoor) so they're easier for predators to get at. Also, these guys are hermaphrodites so are basically twice as prolific as mystery snails which have separate genders.

Common ramshorns are ridiculously easy to breed. Even easier tham common pond snails, IME. All these guys need is clean water and food. I've noticed that pond snails prefer to lay eggs on plants, and don't do it very often, even though their egg clutches are bigger. Ramshorns will lay smaller egg jellies but each one can do it almost every few days. Plus, they'll lay on anything, tank walls included. They're just not picky.

They will eat pretty much anything, but are primarily herbivores. I give mine mostly algae wafers and other bottom feeder sinking foods. They also appreciate ocasional boiled veggies. They can't eat live plants, so fresh, firm veggies are also not on their menu. In fact, I don't think they recognize it as food unless it's mushy :p The best recipe to breed them in abundance is to feed as much as they want. I started with about 20 adults, less than 4 months ago and now am overflowing at the gills with them!

A heater also helps speed up growth rate, as it just increases metabolism. I keep mine in unheated, unfiltered buckets and they don't seem to be suffering at all. However, I have noticed that the few I've tossed into my tanks grow about twice as fast as the ones at room temp. If you don't keep them with a filter, I suggest doing 100% water changes every other day. After all, cleaner snails equals cleaner food for your fishies :)

Thanks, Eric! Payment received, they're going out tomorrow. One more offer pending from this site, and 2 more from another. But I think I might still be able to accomodate you, davo!

Thanks for everyone's quick responses! Boy am I glad I posted this here :)
 
oh, yeah, for more snail breeding as feeders, read this article
http://www.**************.com/articles/puffer/snailbreeding.html

It gives you instructions for how to deal with soft water. Snails do require moderately hard, alkaline water or else their shells start to dissolve. Which is OK for feeders, but it will kill the adults (breeders) if it gets too bad. I am luckily "blessed" with hard, alkaline water so don't have to do anything to it. If yours is soft, you may want to consider crushed coral to raise alkalinity and hardness, and calcium supplements (liquid or Kalkwasser).
 
plah831;562902; said:
their max size is about 3 cm in diameter, or a little over an inch. They are smaller in volume than, say, mystery snails. But these guys lack an operculum (trapdoor) so they're easier for predators to get at. Also, these guys are hermaphrodites so are basically twice as prolific as mystery snails which have separate genders.

Common ramshorns are ridiculously easy to breed. Even easier tham common pond snails, IME. All these guys need is clean water and food. I've noticed that pond snails prefer to lay eggs on plants, and don't do it very often, even though their egg clutches are bigger. Ramshorns will lay smaller egg jellies but each one can do it almost every few days. Plus, they'll lay on anything, tank walls included. They're just not picky.

They will eat pretty much anything, but are primarily herbivores. I give mine mostly algae wafers and other bottom feeder sinking foods. They also appreciate ocasional boiled veggies. They can't eat live plants, so fresh, firm veggies are also not on their menu. In fact, I don't think they recognize it as food unless it's mushy :p The best recipe to breed them in abundance is to feed as much as they want. I started with about 20 adults, less than 4 months ago and now am overflowing at the gills with them!

A heater also helps speed up growth rate, as it just increases metabolism. I keep mine in unheated, unfiltered buckets and they don't seem to be suffering at all. However, I have noticed that the few I've tossed into my tanks grow about twice as fast as the ones at room temp. If you don't keep them with a filter, I suggest doing 100% water changes every other day. After all, cleaner snails equals cleaner food for your fishies :)

Thanks, Eric! Payment received, they're going out tomorrow. One more offer pending from this site, and 2 more from another. But I think I might still be able to accomodate you, davo!

Thanks for everyone's quick responses! Boy am I glad I posted this here :)
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Thank you for the courteous and prompt response. I wish all retailers were as professional and responsible as you are.
 
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