Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 It's not a shocker, I know, but after adding greens and egg shells to water with a small bubbler, a week later my 2 gallon snail grow out jar is starting to smell. Any tips to tone the smell down? Would nano food blocks do the same job as egg shells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 i personally dont feed any thing with the name egg because even the shell rot horrible so yes try feeding algae wafer and i found out snail grow better when you dont want to 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) Thanks @BETTA999. Yeah, I suspected as much about the egg shells. They did hoover onto them right away when I dropped them in so they do work but the olfactory cost is a bit too steep for me. I'm trying to keep the jar on our main floor and not buried outside in a back corner of the yard 😉 Edited February 16, 2022 by Chad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 i wil give you an idea put in the jar some live plants like horn wort and it may sound weird but maintenance regularly the jar with water change why do you think snail grow so well in perfect planted tanks 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 I have added java moss and a tiny bit of duckweed. But I haven't been changing the water out. Worried I might mess with their mucky habitat and throw them off. I have a history of killing aquatics with kindness. Good to know, thanks again @BETTA999! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 It's depends on The species of snail I use to feed my snails shrimp king snail stixx they have extra calcium and minerals the snails need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 10:35 AM, Colu said: It's depends on The species of snail I have bladder snails that I wish to grow out to feed a new pea puffer we added to our gang last week. In her own room/tank, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Snail stixx will cause a population explosion I would still do small water changes as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 I'll check em out, thanks @Colu. In the meantime, would Northfin Kelp Wafers work? I have those on hand as well as Cobalt Shrimp pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 (edited) North fin kelp wafers will work fine Edited February 16, 2022 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 My pleco and shrimp like canned green beans. This will work for snails too, right? Seems like it would, and I can easily fish them out after a day and replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griznatch Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Most snails love green beans. I use frozen since they tend to not have salt. the only snails that ignore them seem to be my nerites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 Thanks @Griznatch, it will make my feeding routine easy and I do like easy when it comes to keeping fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 11:12 AM, Griznatch said: Most snails love green beans. I use frozen since they tend to not have salt. the only snails that ignore them seem to be my nerites. Nerites tend to ignore anything that is not algae. 🙄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/16/2022 at 1:17 PM, eatyourpeas said: Nerites tend to ignore anything that is not algae. 🙄 That's not true! They laid epoxy eggs onto everything I held dear in my tank. 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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