Zabman Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hi all, Does anyone know of any fish that eat snails but are naturally occuring in the South American region? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Nothing available - I ended up settling for chain loaches. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 OSCARS i think they are south american... mine scoffed all my snails... in face, it pigfaced pretty much everything else as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 :lol: Well yes, but they eat everthing else as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 depending on who their tankmates are, you could try clown loaches. they are pretty adaptable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabman Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks all, I have been thinking about perhaps setting up a biotope aquarium so wondered if anyone knew any snail eaters! while we are on the subject - does anyone here have an interestin biotope setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Ive seen my Bolivian Rams eat snails before, But only when the snails were moving alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Jurupari and Suris will eat snails, they are substrate sifters and a good snail goes down a treat 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Jurupari... will eat snails, they are substrate sifters and a good snail goes down a treat 8) Athough be aware they kick up a lot of crud and get quite big / agro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Good fitration then not a problem, and if you keep your substrate pretty clean then not a problem... speaking from experience... We have kept Juru and Suris in with a range of different fish from their regions, large tetras etc, never touched them... the only time they can get bossy is around spawning time, however, even then our pair of very large juru were puppy dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks all, I have been thinking about perhaps setting up a biotope aquarium so wondered if anyone knew any snail eaters! while we are on the subject - does anyone here have an interestin biotope setup? If you are *going* to set it up, just don't add any snails.....then you won't have a problem and need them removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 clown loaches love snails but i think they mite be from asia not sure tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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