Kuhli loaches

Mustang5L5 · Mar 19, 2004

I don't think Kuhli's will eat snails. I think their mouths are not tough enough to crack the shells.

lucky62 · Mar 19, 2004

I've never seen a kuhli eat snails but my orange finned loach [ botia]did , they don't actually crack the shells , they find snails ,small ones . They turn them over and go in the shell opening and eat the snail [meat].I guess a kuhli could do this also . kuhlis and botias are very different loaches , I keep both , it is best to feed them at night if you don't think they are getting food , they are nocturnal. In my case it was malayan snails also nocturnal , very hard to crack , empty shells all over the tank . .

JamesTasker · Mar 20, 2004

I managed to sort out the little problem thanx guys

. Because opening the lid thingy on the aqauarium wakes up the platys , i put a pellet in where the filter wire comes out of the tank and I assume that the kuhlies have been getting it because they look much bigger and it was dark so I doubt the platys found it :flex:

. Dumb livebearers but their forgiven because they had some fry lol.

little devil · Mar 20, 2004

I've got three kuhlie loaches and they've not kept my snails down,clown loaches are ment to be better for this job.

fish_r_great · Mar 20, 2004

Wow this post was popular like my most popular one ever I posted this like 3 months ago and it came back when the "bad thing" happened. Well anyway WOW I've already got plans for these guys.