Feeding snails

[Subillbo]

Hi all-
I just joined the forum and introduced myself in the newbie section... now I have a question. Currently I'm running a fluval evo 13.5 tank cycled and added 2 nassarius, 3 trochus and 1 conch yesterday and added tiger copepodes today... with no fish in tank yet I was wondering if I should be feeding the snails. The tank has very little algae and don't want the snails to starve... if so what should I feed them.... my main concern is that they are very active and look to be scavenging.... not sure if they are filling up or so active because they are starving... thanks!

 

[ramseynb]

You can feed the nassarius and conch a bit of fish food and put a small amount of nori around a rock with a rubberband for the trouchus snails. I wouldn't worry about feeding the pods. They'll eat film algae and detritus.

 

[mndfreeze]

Nassarius snails don't eat algae or cyano. They eat meaty things. Specifically dead meaty things.

Anything thats meat based will work. Sinking pellets, flake mixtuers, etc. Just make sure it has some sort of fish or shrimp bits in it basically.