Looking For A Specific Loach

[Duff83]

i got a couple new plants yesterday that had some nusance snails i didnt see... i think the are the malaysian snail? the long cone like shell... any way, i understand these to be very prolific breeders and i dont want that. they are small, and i have two apple snails about nickle size... i want a loach that will take care of th nuisances snails but leave my apples alone. any thing out there i can look for? community tank btw.

 

[tenohfive]

MTS are generally considered quite good for the tank.

If you want rid, look up Assassin Snails.

 

[Duff83]

MTS are generally considered quite good for the tank.

If you want rid, look up Assassin Snails.

im sorry but im not quite down w/ the lingo, whats a mts? i have 5 already out of my main tank and now in my fry tank to help clean up a bit, but i counted about 8 more in the main tank i was so pissed i gave up... im sure there's more. i want to keep my apple snails, and get rid of the much smaller nuisance ones. the assassin snail wasn't too appealing to me and i know for a fact my lfs doesn't have them..

 

[Duff83]

mts malaysian trumpet snails i get it now took me some log reading... lol

they are good but considered nuisance? its my understanding that they are prolific breeders, and i really only want my two apple snails for clean up crew... can i get some info on the mts and the situation?

 

[grasshopper_green]

i had a few mts and i thought they were ok until they were so numerous that they were grossing me out.

then i got some botia kubotai. beautiful fish, peaceful, don't bother plants or shrimp.

now i have zero mts.

botia kubotai are awesome.

 

[xautomaticflowersx]

Yep, Botia kubotai are great. I also think that they are very pretty fish personally. I have a trio in my tank... all snails have rapidly disappeared! It's great because I find that they eat the snail eggs as well. They are very playful with each other and seem to enjoy a fairly good current to swim in together. They are often sold as 'polkadot loach' or 'burmese border loach'. I have lots of amano shrimp too who they never pester... in fact they happily sit together with the shrimp munching on sinking tablets.