How often should I feed my snails?

[myrcies]

Hello everyone!
I run some snail-only tanks that recently got some sneaky bristleworms [discussed here]. I was told that they are all good and will help keep the tank clean, but I am stilled worried about accidentally overpopulating them.

Up until now, I would just put some powdered spirlina in ever so often (uncertain I should stop doing this) or clip some seaweed as well as drop in some fish for my Nassarius. I would just then leave it in for 12-30 hours before removing.

It sounds like most folks don't feed their clean up crew, but my tank is only clean up crew.
How often and how much should I be feeding my snails?

Thank you so much for any and all of your help.

 

[Dan_P]

Hello everyone!
I run some snail-only tanks that recently got some sneaky bristleworms [discussed here]. I was told that they are all good and will help keep the tank clean, but I am stilled worried about accidentally overpopulating them.

Up until now, I would just put some powdered spirlina in ever so often (uncertain I should stop doing this) or clip some seaweed as well as drop in some fish for my Nassarius. I would just then leave it in for 12-30 hours before removing.

It sounds like most folks don't feed their clean up crew, but my tank is only clean up crew.
How often and how much should I be feeding my snails?

Thank you so much for any and all of your help.

Snails can eat a surprising amount of food. I figured out how much Mexican turbos ate by giving more and more food (sheets of dried seaweed) until there were left overs after twenty four hours. You will. have to figure out how much to feed them. Keep in mind that as they get bigger they will need more food