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Posted by The Evil Hand on August 28, 2006, 9:11 am
Please log in for more thread options My clown loachs also eat all the snails in my aquarium, except the trumpet
snails, which have harder shells. Its not a problem though as the trumpets
only eat the algae of off the plants and not the plants themselves. They
still like digging for the trumpet snails and chewing on them. Maybe if you
got a second clown they would start eating them.
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to control the ever-growing snail population in my freshwater
> tropical aquarium.
>
> My current method is pull out any I can see and drop them in the pond
> outside.
>
> I am told that clown loaches eat them but mine is either not interested or
> unable to keep up.
>
> There are small fish in the tank: platys and tetras so I can't introduce a
> large predatory species.
>
> The little rotters compound the issue by breeding and then both of them
> will lay eggs.
>
> I suppose ideally I want a species that thrives on snail eggs or an
> otherwise harmless water treatment that either kills or stops snails
> breeding.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rich
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>
> I am trying to control the ever-growing snail population in my freshwater
> tropical aquarium.
>
> My current method is pull out any I can see and drop them in the pond
> outside.
>
> I am told that clown loaches eat them but mine is either not interested or
> unable to keep up.
>
> There are small fish in the tank: platys and tetras so I can't introduce a
> large predatory species.
>
> The little rotters compound the issue by breeding and then both of them
> will lay eggs.
>
> I suppose ideally I want a species that thrives on snail eggs or an
> otherwise harmless water treatment that either kills or stops snails
> breeding.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rich