Jeff wrote:
Thanks to a lot of people on this group my tank is doing great. Havent lost
a fish since I started following EVERY recomendation from the group. Water
is crystal clear and all levels are darn near perfect. One thing I didnt
listen to was about the snails. I let the one I saw hang around and now I
have at least dozens of them. In order to get them all it looks like I would
have to start all over and after 5 weeks of getting it right I dont want to
do that. I was going to put in 2 Clown Loaches but was told by Pet Smart I
couldnt do that because they are semi aggressive and would kill all the fish
in my Community Tank. The snails are on the glass, in the rocks, on the
plants (Live and artificial), they are everywhere. The fish look to be real
happy and content and healthy (If fish can be happy) and I really dont want
to go through 5 more weeks of cycling and setup and in all probability kill
all the fish. Any suggestions?


I have 2 clown loaches in my comunity tank. I will slightly agree that
they are slightly agressive. When I feed the tank frozen blood worms
the loaches will muscule there way around to get the food. They mainly
just bump the other fish no bitting. thats the most agresive that i've
seen them. Oh yah sometimes they do the whose the alpha today fight but
even then they don't leave any marks on each other.