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| Author: | burt [ Jun 4th, '12, 07:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Tilapia eating land snails |
I got these snails that eat all my landscape foilage, well if i throw them in my pond my tilapia go crazy for them. I end up taking out a empty shell.. The only negative side is if the shell cracks the sharp edges can hurt the fish's mouth. I only seen one broken up shell so far though of the 10 that i put in there. Its just fun giving those pesky snails some pay back... |
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| Author: | jessy [ Jun 4th, '12, 09:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
I doubt the broken snail shell would hurt the fish, but it may block the pump and pipe work |
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| Author: | burt [ Jul 23rd, '12, 04:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
Last night i threw like 10 snails in my pond, today I have a dead fish, not only that but my fish(tilapia)wasnt to enthusiastic about eating during feeding today... Only other thing I did was add a little bit of lime to my pond... I really hope my fish is ok  I have like 35-40 fish, I feed with pellets, I might be over feeding. Do I just do one handful of pellets? Yesterday I might of got carried away |
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| Author: | Charlie [ Jul 23rd, '12, 10:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
burt wrote: Only other thing I did was add a little bit of lime to my pond... What kind of lime and how much burt? burt wrote: Do I just do one handful of pellets? They say feed to 1% of fish weight but this is not easy to determine and not super important for a backyard set up. I just feed till they stop. Your fish will tell you when they are full. It is a good idea to use a measuring cup so you have an idea thou. |
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| Author: | chillidude [ Jul 23rd, '12, 11:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
Charlie wrote: burt wrote: Only other thing I did was add a little bit of lime to my pond... What kind of lime and how much burt? And why ? |
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| Author: | burt [ Jul 25th, '12, 05:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
Fish seem normal again Ive been occassionaly adding hydrated lime, after a year my ph slowly went down to 5.5 im bringing it back up slowly, im about 6.5 now.. My top off rain water also has a more acidic ph |
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| Author: | adamblantz [ Sep 27th, '12, 11:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tilapia eating land snails |
Try escargot. Our snails are petit gris imports from france and non-indiginous. Keep em in an enclosure and feed em nice tasty stuff for a week and .... tasty. Unless you use a whole bunch of poison in your garden. I also notice that once you have eaten a bunch, the rest seem to sense it and split. |
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