miffif Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 i have a 200ltr tank with community fish with gbas and they are breeding so what fish are good for eating snail but not the baby gbas or should i wait til they get bigger, they only came out from down dad today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I would recommend the Zebra Loach, botia striata, does as good as a clown loach but doesnt get anywhere near as big. but I would wait a bit til the gba's are a bit bigger, until then try trapping them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffif Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Dwarf Chain Loaches are fantastic snail eaters! A school of 6 will have you sorted in a week! :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Dwarf Chain Loaches are fantastic snail eaters! A school of 6 will have you sorted in a week! :thup: Ditto that. They look cool cruising the tank playing follow the leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 french Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 french have a mental image of a mime in a tank "cant get out" Chain loaches are awesome, probably better with baby bnoses round, the problem with chain loaches though is they tend to struggle with trumpet snails, though they decimate populations of ramshorns, planorbis and paper snails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 the problem with chain loaches though is they tend to struggle with trumpet snails Mine must be over achievers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 mine tend to pick them up and wear them on their heads (not joking) but the snail always lives to be worn another day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 ok, might as well add to this thread. what would be your choice for snail eater in a cold water tank??, and by cold water I mean down to around 8-10 degrees in winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Turtle :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Bleach. NOTHING works better than that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 planted tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffif Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 thanks heaps guys im going to wait til my baby gbas are a bit bigger and go with Chain loaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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