Snail Eaters

[SharkWeek]

Iv got some clown loaches and i just tossed in a large number of snails just so they can snack whenever they want. Im woundering what other small peaceful fish can and will eat snails. Something that would fit in a 29g. Thanks

 

[BigbruiserAl]

you have 2 clown loaches in a 130L tank?

 

[Fishy friend2]

I don't know of any fish that will eat snails that can live in a 29 gallon tank, but I know that assassin snails can live in a 29 gallon tank, and that these snails eat other snails. why do you have Clown Loaches in a 29 gallon tank, they are not suitable for such a small tank

 

[This Old Spouse]

I see you also have dojo loaches in your 20g??

 

[SharkWeek]

yea all my fish are real young and real small, so it will be a while before they out grown there tanks

i was just grabing the snails and crushing them, all the loaches came swarming. I did cut my finger though.

 

[Akasha72]

I found a pest snail in my tank this morning. I crushed it and my guppies went mad and ate it all up. Not sure if that helps any though

 

[Baccus]

My cory's love it when I crush rams horn snails for them. When my Pakastani loaches where small I used to have to crush the snails for them but now they are huge they can manage to suck the snails clean out of their shells, really neat because then I add the empty shells into my shrimp tanks for the shrimp to recycle the calcium. I have not seen my Borneo Suckers so much as look at snacking on a snail nor my lizard fish. Siamese figthers are supposed to like eating snails but somebody negelected to infrom my male and two females of this fact . Even my much loved khuli loaches aren't up to having a crack at snails. Chain loaches might be good for snail destruction and they stay smaller than Pakastaini loaches .

 

[the_lock_man]

Most fish will happily eat pest snails once the shells have been crushed.

 

[nurglespuss]

My pitbull plec eats the odd ramshorn snail... but best off with assassin snails!

 

[Dieses Madchen]

I crush the snails in my tank for my platys and swords. Actually saw on of the platys pick it up and swim around for awhile with a crushed snail in her mouth.

 

[fluttermoth]

yea all my fish are real young and real small, so it will be a while before they out grown there tanks

i was just grabing the snails and crushing them, all the loaches came swarming. I did cut my finger though.

Mate; like people most fish do most of their growing in the first year or two; clowns should get to six or eight inches in a year (if they're not stunted), as should the dojo loach. They slow down a bit once they reach that size, but they do badly need a bigger tank ASAP I'm afraid.

Zebra loach Botia striata are great snail eaters and are suitable for a 29g tank.

 

[SharkWeek]

yea all my fish are real young and real small, so it will be a while before they out grown there tanks

i was just grabing the snails and crushing them, all the loaches came swarming. I did cut my finger though.

Mate; like people most fish do most of their growing in the first year or two; clowns should get to six or eight inches in a year (if they're not stunted), as should the dojo loach. They slow down a bit once they reach that size, but they do badly need a bigger tank ASAP I'm afraid.

Zebra loach Botia striata are great snail eaters and are suitable for a 29g tank.

say, i do take them back whats a good sized fish i could put in the 29g

 

[BigbruiserAl]

yeah take them back and get a credit note. There 1,000s of fish that fit, it takes all of 5 min to reaserch a fish regarding tank size before you buy

 

[fluttermoth]

The zebra loach I mentioned would do very well in a 29g tank; I used to keep a shoal of seven in a three foot/100l/23g tank; and they do eat snails too.

 

[phishyphil]

Its not necessarily the Voulume of water you tank has, but more so the Dimensions of the tank. You could have a 50Gal, but its a tall tank, rather than long, this is what effects what fish can go in ther. What About YoYo Loaches, 2 in the 29G would be okay. Botia lohachata

Get the clowns out by the way

Oh and the DoJo, Research is key in this hobby to prevent "taking fish back to the LFS"