Fry/snail Control

[fmxmatt]

Heyas

I've got myself a guppy tank with both male and female fancy guppies. What i'm looking for is another fish to complement this tank who will also take on the role of snail and fry control. I'd love a Betta but know theres a risk that he/she will attack my male guppies. Is there anything else that will happily get along with the guppies and keep the fry/snail level quite low? Do you think that having the adult guppies will be enough to keep the fry population at a low level? I like to have fry, just not hundreds of them haha.

Any other suggestions for fry control please let me know aswel. I have another tank which contains 2 Angels, 14 Neons, RTBS, 2 BNs & 2 Loaches.

Cheers

 

[community begginer]

pakistani or yoyo loaches will eat da snails but i wouldnt worry bout da fry... the other fish will take care of dat..

 

[loachman]

What size is your guppy tank and what type of loaches are they in the other tank? How many guppies (adult or near adult) do you have in there currently?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

By the look of the tank info in your sig, i would say that your tank is already pretty full (and even posibly overstocked depending on the exact numbers of certain fish you have and their types- for example, there are many types of gourami's, which can vary massively in what size they grow to, from 3inches to 2ft long etc). More detailed info on fish stocking would be useful .
Do you have 2 tanks (Planted Jewel Rekord 80 & 70Litre Tall Tank) at the moment and if so, what fish are in which tanks exactly etc? What are the exact measurements/dimensions of your tanks?

Guppys will basically breed like crazy no matter what you do with them half the time, i'm suprised though that your angelfish is not tucking into those guppy fry (although perhaps it is, and the guppys are just producing more fry than it is bothered to eat). Most fish though that i know which have a large appetite for small fry are not safe to keep with guppys, for example tiger barbs and bettas are not safe to keep with guppys however they will eat lots of fry given half a chance.

What type of snails do you have do you know and what sort of substrate do you have in the tank? We can't really safely advise you new fish for your tank for whatever purposes until we have a clearer picture of your tanks and their stocking at the moment .

 

[fmxmatt]

I really should update my sig as I've passed on a few fish to a friend.

Jewel Rekord 80 contains:
2x Angels
2x Bristlenose
2x Loaches (Not sure exactly what type but they're not the ones which grow to massive sizes)
14x Neons
1x Red Tail Black Shark
1x Tiny Whiptail Catfish

I'll be pushing it to add anymore fish to that tank, although there have been more in it (Incl the gourami etc) and I never had a problem with it creating too much ammonia/nitrites etc.

The 70 Tank contains:

Approx 6 Male Guppies (Some Fully grown and some 1/2 grown)
Approx 9 Female Guppies (Same as above but a wider spectrum)
2x Cory

Cheers

 

[fmxmatt]

Oops forgot to mention. In the guppy tank there is no substrate, only a white coloured medium sized gravel. The snails are the little red buggers, I think they came in off some Java Moss i put in the tank.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Try putting any new unwanted fry you find in with the angelfish and see whether the angelfish eat them as that could be an easy solution to keeping down on the fry numbers. Another option would be to rehome the female guppys and have a large group of male guppys instead .
The majority of loaches prefer a fine sand substrate as it allows them to perform natural feeding much easier than trying to eat around peices of gravel, because sand also traps less waste it will give the snails less food to live off and will make it easier for the any snail eating loaches to eat the snails. 70litres is about 18 US gallons, what are the exact measurements/dimensions of your rekord 70?