Re: [GSAS-Member] Anyone have experience with Anentome helena (assassin snails)

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

If only the clown loaches wouldn't destroy the shrimp population as  
well.  Helena snails are great because they don't cross-predate.   
( Yes, I made that term up. Pretty good, eh?)

On Oct 5, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Betty Goetz wrote:

>> Clown Loaches got rid of the 100's of MTS I had in my 125 gal,  
>> without a
>> problem. Do Jo loaches took care of the ones in the golfish tank too.
>
> Botia striata got rid of them in most of my work tanks. At least, the
> population was reduced so much that MTS aren't obvious when you are
> looking at the tank and the substrate isn't moving around like  
> 'things'
> are crawling through it. The only tank I still have MTS in is my Botia
> sidthimunki tank. Those little loaches don't seem to do the job.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
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