feeding shrimps with snails

[gr81]

Hi,
Can I feed shrimps (CRS,RCS) with murdered snails (Planorbis sp., Lymnaea stagnalis)? Will they eat it? Can't it be harmful?

[imi_sky]

i feed my crs and rcs snails lol...i crush up the ramshorns in my tank and they just feed away, but make sure they finsh it tho.^^

[simcb]

Hi,
Can I feed shrimps (CRS,RCS) with murdered snails (Planorbis sp., Lymnaea stagnalis)? Will they eat it? Can't it be harmful?

It depends if the snail is poisonous. But why feed snails intentionally? They need a more balanced diet if you ask me.

[silane]

A question, has anyone see shrimps eat ramshorn egg clusters?

[gr81]

It depends if the snail is poisonous. But why feed snails intentionally? They need a more balanced diet if you ask me.
What else do with overbreeded snails? Through them to toilet? I wanna feed only snails from current tank.

[Jane of Upton]

I have never seen Red Cherry Shrimp eat ramshorn snail eggs. I have RCS in a tank with them, and the snails leave lots of egg clusters around. The Cherries will walk up to an egg cluster, touch it, and walk the other direction. Nor do they eat Physa (pond) snail egg clusters. I was really hoping that they would, as I'd like to decrease the snail population.

I've read a thread that the Japonica will eat snail egg clusters.

-Jane

[Huatzzzz]

Hi,
Can I feed shrimps (CRS,RCS) with murdered snails (Planorbis sp., Lymnaea stagnalis)? Will they eat it? Can't it be harmful?

Hi,

I have read an article from a fish keeping magazine and its recommend that it is good to feed fish with crushed snail, its provide nutrition for fishes and help keep snail population in control. However, they did not mentioned about shrimp, but i guess its the same. I had been feeding shrimp with snail too.

[Nickel]

I always crushed those snails in my cherry tank near the water surface and let is sink to the sandbed.

They love the snack :D .

all shrimp still doing well.

[Frank]

I have crushed ramshorn snails too, but they are more intresting as food for crayfish or bigger shrimps like Caridina japonica.
If you do not feed too much, the quantity of the snails won´t get too big, so less work with crushing. :p

[spinex]

My RCS and CRS readily take crushed snails :D

[Frank]

My sherrys and bees try it too, but the others are stronger and faster :D