anthony law Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 hi there is there a fish that eat snails that is conpatible with tetras and guppies and wip tails. and plant freandly. any help... i dont realy like the idear to pull down a 600l planted tank down to get rid of the snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Sold under the name Zodiak loaches. They only get to 5cm. Redwoods has them for $7.80 atm. (Really they are Zipper loaches though) They even eat apple snails. My female can clean up 2 dozen pond snails in a night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 clown loaches Skunk loaches Yoyo Loaches Khuli loaches might eat the smaller ones I think yoyos would be your safest bet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyo_loach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 what about dwarf chain loachs? botia sidthimunki i think they are called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 cool ill go and get some loaches. can a coulpe of diffarnt speices go togeter . if they get to big they can go in the 1000l tank. thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy_49nz Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 I bought my sister a "goldie" pleco (sunshine pleco, I think L014) and this thing is a machine when it comes to eating her snails. One day she will put 40 ramshorns in her tank and by morning there aren't any traces of them. It even eats the shells. Now it gets called the snail eater and i make sure to put a few extra snails into the tank for it! It doesn't eat plants and she keeps it with guppys and swordtails without drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 cool ill go and get some loaches. can a coulpe of diffarnt speices go togeter . if they get to big they can go in the 1000l tank. thank you for your help. You would be better to get a small school of loaches rather than a couple of different species. Most loaches prefer to live in schools and will be happier and healthier that way. With a 1000 litre tank you're in a very good position to get a school of clown loaches - not many people have a big enough tank! (Including me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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