djvant Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 i have zebra loaches, skunk loaches and a horse faced/tiger loach. When i put them in thier current tank they ate all the small trumpet snails in the tank. If i get an apple snail will they eat this too or are they too large? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 they will eat them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Small loaches will not eat large snails but when the loaches get bigger it will be a different story. I have had a group of golf ball sized mystery snails in the same tank as a group of 8-10cm clown loaches for a quite a few months with no problems but it is just a matter of time before the situation changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Is this tank planted? Apple snails DEVOUR plants Most apple snails are voracious plant eaters (herbivores or macrophytophagous) that eat a wide range of vegetation. Held in captivity, they do well on common vegetables in combination with fish food. Unfortunately, many species have a great appetite for aquatic vegetation and algae are not their preferred food. In such cases these scavengers can reduce the aquatic vegetation very quickly. They can ruin a beautiful aquarium within days. Sourced that from applesnail.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 They can ruin a beautiful aquarium within days. Sourced that from applesnail.net Within a day. They chop them all off 1cm from the roots overnight so they float up and then eat them at their leisure over the next week. Well, thats what our naughty snails did anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Blue mystery snails dont eat your plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Blue mystery snails dont eat your plants Yeah, they only eat the dead bits....and each other's antennae. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Yeah, they only eat the dead bits....and each other's antennae. :-? Really? Have you seen this happen? Mine have never done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I feed them every day, shrimp pellets and hikari wafers and they are in a tank by themselves with a sponge filter (well there is a mosquito rasbora in there too but I don't think he is the culprit). Today I noticed one of them only has a half of one antennae left. I have seen them really get into it rolling and thrashing about. I thought they were just mating, but now I am not so sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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