Re: [GSAS-Member] Singular Loach that Eats Snails

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

Shango,

I've got a pea puffer here that I use to de-snail outgoing plants for
people that don't enjoy them as much as I do.  If you'd like to borrow him
to clean out your tanks, I don't think he'd mind a field trip.

I'm not positve he'll eat the small flat snails (although, there are
definitely none in the tank he's in), I'll try a test tonight. He stalks
pond, ramshorn, and trumpet snails relentlessly, and has completely
eliminated the snail population within a few days for each tank I've moved
him to.

I keep him with Guppies and Mollies with no problems, but I wouldn't
recommend putting him in with anything you'd be overly worried about
damaging...he used to harass another male Pea Puffer I had quite a
bit...and they can definitely take chunks out of things (as they can chip
through snail shells...).

Cliff




> Pea Puffer, but might nip fins. Or a pair of loaches, like striata.
>
> Susan
>
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> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Singular Loach that Eats Snails
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> Hi all,
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> I am looking for a snail eater who won't waste away from loneliness living
> alone. Any suggestions?
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> Thanks
>
> Shango
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