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Originally Posted by WVfishguy
This never occurred to me. I've got thousands of Malaysian live bearing snails in the gravel of my freshwater tanks. They act like earthworms, stirring the substrate and preventing dead spots. They come out at night, disappear in the gravel in day time. With no fish present, they never hide. With a sump, you could easily stock the snails you want and feed the puffer accordingly. Red Rams horns would be great, - big, meaty snails. But you'd need a lighted 'fuge for algae growth. You could take a small dish, place a few pellets on it in the evening, then transfer pellets and accumulated snails to the puffer the next morning. Happy fish!  |
Very true, though I don't mind putting a light down there and also supplementing some algae wafers and other stuff. I have a feeling my puffer would clear out your sandbed of those snails pretty quickly. Kind of like a Harlequin erasing your nuisance stars.