Whch Are The Best Loach For Eating Snails?

[dannowittmorris]

Hi, what loach are best for eating snails my Clowns (albeit still small) won't even eat the tiny baby snails i seem to have everywhere?

 

[The-Wolf]

IME all Botiinae species of loach will eat snails.
just because you haven't witnessed your clowns doing it doesn't mean they aren't.

 

[dannowittmorris]

IME all Botiinae species of loach will eat snails.
just because you haven't witnessed your clowns doing it doesn't mean they aren't.

Cool, I'll take that under advisment .

Can't beleive I put em in, took G Farmers advise in the Algae post based on them being great for algae control and substrate aeration, but they won't stop multiplying.

And I've not once seen them on a leaf eating anything (middle of the night too)

I've bought a JBL trap off ebay now, I'll give em away if anyone is mad enough to want them!!!.

 

[The-Wolf]

if you have a real bad problem with snails, the best thing is flubenol 15
which you can buy from http/www.flubenol.co.uk/
takes around 5 working days to arrive after ordering it.

 

[Gazo]

Hey Wolf, will this kill all snails, even Apples as well as the more prolific pest variety of Bladders

 

[The-Wolf]

flubenol 15 will kill any and all invertibrates, apple snails, crayfish, shrimp etc.

 

[mikev]

flubenol 15 will kill any and all invertibrates, apple snails, crayfish, shrimp etc.

We tried it here, it kills only lower-order inverts. Snails are wiped out in 3 days, but no effect on shrimp... which is actually good.

 

[The-Wolf]

I stand corrected.
that's good to know mike, thanks.

 

[dannowittmorris]

I stand corrected.
that's good to know mike, thanks.

Might try that if it get any worse and I have 4 shrimp so handy to know they'll be ok.

Curently catching them in a jbl snail trap and leaving them out for the birds, a bit cruel but not wastefull and it keeps them to a usefull level.
My clown try to eat them, he picks them off the glass but seems to drop em (the little uns), 1 also seems to get caught in the snail trap more than the snails,

Danno

 

[Gazo]

Guys, I've found 2 snail removing liquids in my lfs, but how long will it take before I can put my wanted snails back in?
If anyone on here knows that would be great, in case the lfs gives me the wrong info!!
Thanks

 

[demonmagus]

Guys, I've found 2 snail removing liquids in my lfs, but how long will it take before I can put my wanted snails back in?
If anyone on here knows that would be great, in case the lfs gives me the wrong info!!
Thanks

have you got names? Not sure if copper kills snails as well but if it does it could be never unless you reseal the tank

 

[petetong]

My yo yo loaches seem to go absolutely crazy for the ramshorn snails. I had to squash a couple for them to get a taste for it but now they seem to have got the hang of it. Seeing loads of empty shells everywhere.

 

[fishstick]

My yo yo loaches seem to go absolutely crazy for the ramshorn snails. I had to squash a couple for them to get a taste for it but now they seem to have got the hang of it. Seeing loads of empty shells everywhere.

Zebra loaches also clean up any snail problem (after they learn that snails are yummy, can take some time)