Elephant trunk snake info
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I'd probably go with shrimps, I know snails can get a bit out of hand with breeding, and I don't want to end up with a scenario where I need to go in and clean out some of the snails which would stress the snake. I hadn't thought about shrimps though. Would the snake try to eat them or for the most part leave them alone, provided it had other feeder fish?
i would think that if the tank was planted then the shrimp would stay within the plants hiding and i think that as long as you get a type that stays small then i doubt the snake would bother if he was being fed well, seems like he would realize he would have to work too hard for such a little meal
I knew I needed to get something other than goldfish, I'm just not sure what. Depending on what size it is when I get it, I figured I'd start with a few guppies, then move up to some minnows or something. My idea is to keep the tank stocked with about twelve feeders or so, then let the snake regulate it's own intake until about two or three feeders are left in the tank, then add more back up to twelve.
yeah that sounds like it would work just fine just make sure to have a separate ten gallon to quarantine and power feed them in
Of course. If I wanted to have a specific type of fish that I would provide every once in a while as a "treat", what would you all suggest?
I was also wondering if I should be putting some sort of algae-eating catfish in, whether it would actually do any good to help keep the tank clean or if the snake would eat it?
I was also wondering if I should be putting some sort of algae-eating catfish in, whether it would actually do any good to help keep the tank clean or if the snake would eat it?
only catfish that actually eat algae are tiny and would get eaten, the big plecos they sell at the pet stores eat algae when they are little but when they are bigger they need to be fed as well and produce more waste than they help so i would just stick with snails and small shrimp, the snail population should maintain itself and not get out of hand if your water is clean, if the snails get out of hand that means there is simply to much food in the water, either lessen the amount you feed or do waterchange, they will only be enough to survive off the extra food in the tank but if they are the typical mystery snails that lfs sell then you will have to supplement the adults diet with slices of cucumber here and there (just put in slice weighted down with something and take out seeds so they dont mess up water) also cant remember what they are called but the snails some pet stores sell that have the vertically spiraling cone shaped shell only breed in brackish water
Sounds like you're talking about trumpet snails (I think). I think I'll start with some shrimp, a few years ago I had a fish tank and introduced about three snails to it, within about a month they had over-run the tank and I had to break everything down and clean it completely to get rid of all of them. I'd be worried about having something like that happen again.
