my new botia

[houndour]

Morning!

I got my first fish yesterday, 3 cory metae and 3 botia striata.

I think the botia have been eating my snails There wasn't a single snail on the glass this morning. Are they really that efficient?

I have some pics here:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=86496

The botia are so hard to catch cos they are just swimming all over the place! They are great fun to watch.

Sam

 

[pendragon]

I'm glad you're enjoying your botia, houndour! I've not kept Striata before, but loaches are great fish.

Some loach species are incredible snail exterminators (including Striata). If you had a lot of snails, they probably didn't wipe them out overnight, but they will within a few days. If you didn't have very many, yeah, they'll make short work of them.

pendragon!

 

[houndour]

i have millions of snails!!!!!!!! That's why I got the botia. Well...I was recommended botia by gf225 and when I looked them up on google I fell in love with them!

I've been a huge cory fan since I started fish keeping, but now I'm being converted to botias Unfortunately 3 botias is my maximum, and that's prob too many for my size tank

 

[anna_panna]

Good luck with your loaches, they look great! I have them too, along with clowns and yoyo's - they are really funny little ones, and they are great for snails, the snails are probably just keeping a low profile!

anna

 

[LoachLover]

Awesome looking fish!