Small Snail eaters

[Leong Goh]

My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown loaches control the
snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this tank, esp I keep
more than one. Any ideas?

TIA

Leong

[Gail Futoran]

"Leong Goh" > wrote in message
...
> My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown
loaches control the
> snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this
tank, esp I keep
> more than one. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Leong

I have a similar problem. I have small loaches in my 10 and
20 gallon tanks, but not in my 30 gallon. I cull the snails
from the 30 gallon and dump them into the other two tanks
where they are dealt with. :) Culling is as simple as
dropping an algae wafer into the tank, waiting for the
snails to gather, then net them up.

Gail

[Tedd]

"Leong Goh" > wrote in message
...
> My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown loaches control the
> snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this tank, esp I keep
> more than one. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Leong
>
>

depending on how small of snails we are talking about, i have african dwarf
frogs in my ten gallon along with a few snails. been this way for quite a few
months now and i am still yet to see any new snails. not sure if they are the
reason but i have seen them nip at the snails before. might warrent a bit of
further research though.

tedd.

[Robert Flory]

Try a few yoyos or similar small loaches. You can always trade them out if
and when they get too big, or just get a bigger tank.

Bob

"Leong Goh" > wrote in message
...
> My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown loaches control the
> snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this tank, esp I keep
> more than one. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Leong
>
>

[Kay]

> depending on how small of snails we are talking about, i have african
> dwarf frogs in my ten gallon along with a few snails. been this way for
> quite a few months now and i am still yet to see any new snails. not sure
> if they are the reason but i have seen them nip at the snails before.
> might warrent a bit of further research though.
>
> tedd.

Ted,
I have ADF in a 12 gallon , funny you mention this I see no egg
masses and the snail population is lowering, but I also had a frog die of an
impactation. I don't know if it was a gravel or small snail he shoved in
his mouth? This only happened once I have 6 frogs. maybe it was a freak
accident?

Anyone else have an ADF with an impactation?
Kay

[Leong Goh]

I have 6 x 4in clown loaches in my other tanks. They were my favourite fish
when I started and couldn't imagine trading them in. I have 5 tanks and the
10 gal is the smallest, so trading in fish and getting more/bigger tanks is
not what I prefer to do.

I've read that clown and skunk loaches are the best snail eaters, but not
heardabout yoyos. I'll do some research on these

Thanks

Leong


"Robert Flory" > wrote in message
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> Try a few yoyos or similar small loaches. You can always trade them out
if
> and when they get too big, or just get a bigger tank.
>
> Bob
>
> "Leong Goh" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown loaches control the
> > snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this tank, esp I
keep
> > more than one. Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Leong
> >
> >
>
>

[Matthew Page]

I did a lot of research on this a while ago. Your email indicates you're in
NZ. Not sure about there but in Australia, about the only legal loaches
importation-wise are the clowns and the kuhlis.

I keep kuhli loaches, and aside from being cool little buggers, cheap, and a
hoot to watch as the bloke at the LFS tries to catch them, they are supposed
to be enamoured of baby snails as a tasty treat. Certainly since getting
them I have noticed far less small snails coming through, to the point where
I think I have a good number of them.

BUT: If I had my choice I would have put zebra loaches in the tank. They are
supposed to be like their bigger clown siblings but only get to about 10cm
or such. Then I could have had a swarm of the little guys. I am content, my
kuhlis are great.

Couplea links for ya. The site has other loaches and more as well.

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gkuhli.html - Kuhli

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gstriata.html - Zebra


"Leong Goh" > wrote in message
...
> My 10gal tank now has small ramshorn snails. Clown loaches control the
> snails in my other tanks but would be too large for this tank, esp I keep
> more than one. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Leong
>
>

[rapdor]

"Matthew Page" > wrote in message
...
> I did a lot of research on this a while ago. Your email indicates you're
in
> NZ. Not sure about there but in Australia, about the only legal loaches
> importation-wise are the clowns and the kuhlis.

Ah, so thats why I cant find any other loaches apart from clowns and kuhlis.
We have some damn queer rules in Oz. Pictures on the net of zebra loaches
make them look so appealing--but I guess my dream of finding some is never
to be realized. Mores the pity.

[Haywire]

Guys,

you're looking for snail eaters in the small size? How about something
that native to your area, I got some peacock gudgeons from a local club
auction and they did an awesome job of clearing the tank of snails, and on
top of that they are awesome looking.

"rapdor" > wrote in
:

>
> "Matthew Page" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I did a lot of research on this a while ago. Your email indicates
>> you're
> in
>> NZ. Not sure about there but in Australia, about the only legal
>> loaches importation-wise are the clowns and the kuhlis.
>
> Ah, so thats why I cant find any other loaches apart from clowns and
> kuhlis. We have some damn queer rules in Oz. Pictures on the net of
> zebra loaches make them look so appealing--but I guess my dream of
> finding some is never to be realized. Mores the pity.
>
>
>

[rapdor]

Well, well--yes this looks like an interesting possibility, thanks mate. It
sounds as though feeding them might be a problem in a community tank though.
Anyway, will talk it over at my very helpful LFS.

"Haywire" > wrote in message
5.104...
> Guys,
>
> you're looking for snail eaters in the small size? How about something
> that native to your area, I got some peacock gudgeons from a local club
> auction and they did an awesome job of clearing the tank of snails, and on
> top of that they are awesome looking.