Well, i know lots of people usually ask how to get RID of aquarium snails, I am asking how to GET aquarium snails, Me and my cousin have a 5" Oscar in a 55 gallon tank (will be moving to a 125 when needed) and we know that they do eat snails, however upon going to our LFS, we realized snails were anywhere from .5-3 dollars a pop (don't remember which types) and i have heard that some snails lay there eggs on live plants which in turn go to your aquarium, however doing this is not sure fire, so basically i am asking what is a sure fire way to get a colony of feeder snails for an oscar (not as a daily meal, more like treats) thanks
EDIT: BTW they will not be kept in the same tank (maybe in a spare 10 gallon)
Sand? I thought they laid there eggs on plants? Another thing, would it be possible for one 5" Oscar to eat enough snails to keep the population steady (not out of control) but not too much to eliminate the population if i kept them in the same tank
So that would be there way of escaping death lol? So i guess the best option would be keeping them in a separate tank, would just getting two result in a culture starting?
Lol, man that's lucky, I go to my LFS all the time, but never actually "meet" and get to know the people that work there, any ways would the best way to keep them be not having a filter in there tank and just changing the water every week or so, (a 10 gallon tank)
Well instead of snails i decided to use guppies as feeders, is there any difference between feeder guppies and regular guppies? im just looking for a fish that makes baby fish relatively quickly, and color really does not matter, maybe i will keep some if they are very nice looking though
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