Clown Loaches And Bns

[rust81]

I have a 130L litre tank with a severe snail problem. The tank has been established for nearly a year and is a community tank with a breeding pair of bns, some juvies and some 6 week only babies. I want to introduce a couple of clown loaches to bring the snail problem under control. Will these be ok with the bns, especially the babies?

 

[loachman]

Should be okay with the live fish. They will eat eggs.

A better bet are other types of botine loaches (b. kubotai, zebra/b. striata, or yoyos). They have similar issues, but are 1/2 the size as adults.

I have all three of those species with 2 bns in a 75gal w/o any apparent issues.

 

[TheChards]

I've never had one myself but I've heard Assassin Snails are supposed to be quite good at getting rid of pond/ pest snails if you can get hold of one...