Snail shells

Ecir · Post by **Ecir** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:16 pm

I have a self producing food source in the snails and my Ghosts practically go into a feeding frenzy when I squish one but I was wondering if the shells break down at all or if they get eaten in time.(like exoskeletons do)

Ecir

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:32 pm

It takes time, but the shells disolve and add good harness to the water.

Ecir · Post by **Ecir** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:23 pm

Awsome, good to know. Thanks Badflash.

Ecir

YuccaPatrol · Post by **YuccaPatrol** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:54 am

My cherries love squished baby red ramshorn snails.

Ecir · Post by **Ecir** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:53 am

YuccaPatrol wrote:My cherries love squished baby red ramshorn snails.

Really? I don't know if my cherries have ever gotten to try the delicacy that is escargot. I swear one of the female Ghosts has super shrimp senses because as soon as anything edible goes in the tank she starts doing mad laps to home in on it, maybe thats how she got to be the biggest.....

Ecir

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:42 am

Mine have a taste for fresh meat. I tried trapping some planari with liver and between the cherries and the amanos, there wasn't enough left to do anything but attract them to the area. I used the turkey baster of death to take them out...

Tiapan83 · Post by **Tiapan83** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:36 am

i squiwsh up snails for my shrimps as well as fish, get plenty from the tanks at work so free snails all the time