Do Dwarf Chain Loach Eat Baby Snails?

[MermaidMel]

Sorry can't find a loach section on the site

 

[england]

Because they are so small they would probably have trouble taking out a big snail. But they should eat snail eggs and new hatched ones, and help control them that way.


http/www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuh...kia-sidthimunki

 

[MermaidMel]

Because they are so small they would probably have trouble taking out a big snail. But they should eat snail eggs and new hatched ones, and help control them that way.


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Thanks I have some BAAAAAABY snails I figured a dwarf might help me out here lol

 

[england]

hehe maybe you should lend them to me for my snail infestation
there better in groups 5+ aswell

 

[MermaidMel]

hehe maybe you should lend them to me for my snail infestation
there better in groups 5+ aswell

Hey I just read that thing about the groups. I wonder if I put a cucumber slice down they will come to that and then I can remove the slice?? I think I read that somewhere that works, the question is... does it?!

 

[england]

what is that cucumber for the snails?

 

[MermaidMel]

what is that cucumber for the snails?

Yeah!

 

[england]

heard that also so tried it,,,with lettuce in a jar and put it in tank over night, only had one snail in there
if i do it manually i could easily pick well into 300 snails out the gravel,,a monthly chore

 

[MermaidMel]

heard that also so tried it,,,with lettuce in a jar and put it in tank over night, only had one snail in there
if i do it manually i could easily pick well into 300 snails out the gravel,,a monthly chore

What a nightmare, I've never had snails before unless I specifically put them there, in all the years i been keeping fish. I am gonna try and tackle though even I put one loach in for a week then take it back to the shop lol

 

[england]

haha once you have got them thats it,,mine came with a plant i brought 4years ago,,,and theyve been about ever since, even got in my large tank when i put bogwood from old to new tank after scraping it clean
ive had a clown loaches for over a year in old tank and they are still there

 

[MermaidMel]

haha once you have got them thats it,,mine came with a plant i brought 4years ago,,,and theyve been about ever since, even got in my large tank when i put bogwood from old to new tank after scraping it clean
ive had a clown loaches for over a year in old tank and they are still there

Gawd

 

[MermaidMel]

Gosh the cucumber worked some! I had 5-6 snails on it this morning, washed them off and here's to round 2!

 

[england]

 

[wolfwolf]

My chain loaches are murder on snails. I add pest snails from another tank and they don't last 2 minutes. I have 5 chain loaches in a 29 gallon tank. The only problem is that they do not seem to get along with my cories. They constantly pester them. It seems to be getting worse instead of better. I only have three cories left I will not buy them again. That is for another topic.

 

[MermaidMel]

My chain loaches are murder on snails. I add pest snails from another tank and they don't last 2 minutes. I have 5 chain loaches in a 29 gallon tank. The only problem is that they do not seem to get along with my cories. They constantly pester them. It seems to be getting worse instead of better. I only have three cories left I will not buy them again. That is for another topic.

I have heard most loaches are aggressive, but these little dudes must have short ass syndrome or something, that is crazy, a chain loach killing a cory!!