I have been keeping mystery snails in my 20 gallon tank for years now but never know if I'm feeding them properly. In fact I have never given much attention to what I feed them at all. I always thought that they would scavenge the tank for food that my fish did not eat. My tank population includes a pleco cat, siamese algae eater, 4 rainbow fish, 1 golden panchax killi, a false black tetra and two horsefaced loaches.
I have one snail in my tank now that I purchases about 6 months ago. I've gotten a few to live about a year but that is the extent of it. The water quality is high and the ph is around 7.2. I dose with a little calcium carbonate with each water change to maintain some hardness. I feed a regular diet of mysis shrimp, chopped krill, blood worms and sinking algae tabs (mainly for the pleco's benefit). I suppose the snails crawl around and eat what the other fish miss. They are always scraping the glass with their mouth for food as well but there is very little algae in the tank.
Is this diet good enough or should I be feeding my snails something else?
I have one snail in my tank now that I purchases about 6 months ago. I've gotten a few to live about a year but that is the extent of it. The water quality is high and the ph is around 7.2. I dose with a little calcium carbonate with each water change to maintain some hardness. I feed a regular diet of mysis shrimp, chopped krill, blood worms and sinking algae tabs (mainly for the pleco's benefit). I suppose the snails crawl around and eat what the other fish miss. They are always scraping the glass with their mouth for food as well but there is very little algae in the tank.
Is this diet good enough or should I be feeding my snails something else?
