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Old 12/25/2007, 11:26 AM
KWRealtor KWRealtor is offline
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Babylon Snail - How often to feed?

I was in the local fish store recently and purchased this cool looking snail, that was burrowing around under the substrate. The people at the store did not know what it was and neither did I. I put it in my 2 month old 75 gal reef tank and started researching what it was. It is a Babylon Snail from Asia. It hangs out under the substrate with it's snorklet extended thru the substrate waiting for prey to come along. When the prey is in range it quickly emerges from the substrate to catch the prey and sucks it down it's feeding tube. Very cool to watch. The problem I am having is - how often do I need to feed it? I read that it eats shrimp, fish and prepared foods. I have been feeding it a small shrimp about twice a week. Any advise would be appreciated. See pic - I will try to post a video soon. Thanks