ryanjury Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 My mate has a small community tank in his lounge its 2ft long and he is having a snail problem.. At the moment he has an angel fish (killed its mate) 2 gold barbs and a few platties the rest got eaten by the angel (he wouldn't listen to me when I said the angel would do it lol). I know that clown loaches will eat the snails but get too big and do better in large groups so not suitable for him. Is there anything else that stays small is well behaved that will eat the snails? He's also got to be able to get one so something common too.. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Dwarf or Zebra loaches might fit the bill. Dwarfs only grow to 2" and zebras to 4" max so they will be OK in a smaller tank. Zebra Loach- http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata Dwarf Laoch http://www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuhikotakia-sidthimunki Yo-yo loaches are neat too, but can grow to 6", not as big as a Clown, but a bit much to have several in a 2 ft tank. http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-almorhae All loaches are social fish, so get several. Four seems to be the recommended minimum, but I have 2 zebras that seem happy enough. The are inseperable best mates though, I imagine one by itself would be pretty sad. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Cheers for that man not quite up on my loaches.. Will both of them happily much down on the snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 The Zebras are definately snail eaters. They may not get them all, but if they take out most of the eggs and small snails, and you fish out the big ones by hand you can keep them under control. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 I had heaps of malayan trumpets in my tank then i got 2 dwarf and 2 kuhli loaches and they all disapeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeepa Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 I think Khuli loaches help too i noticed the snails decline in numbers once i started squishing them to show the fish it was food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Will they eat baby fry? The Zebra loaches that is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 i think most loaches will eat fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Will they eat baby fry? The Zebra loaches that is? I suspect they would eat small fry, but then so do most fish. Once the fry got a bit bigger they would be fine. Cheers Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 I just re-arranged some furniture and moved one of my tanks... The zebras where almost impossible to catch, so one made the trip in the 2" of water left in the bottom of the tank :lol: Everyone survived the move and I just took some pics of the Zebras. They are about 2" long now, very cute and active. Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 nice looking fish :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Fantastic looking Zebra Loach Ianab! I have 2 of these little fellas and they did an awesome job cleaing up my snail infestation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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