Subject: Ramshorn Snails
From: "Grimley_Feindish"
Date: 3/19/2004 9:40 AM Central Standard Time
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"TYNK 7" wrote in message
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ubject: Ramshorn Snails
From: "Grimley_Feindish"
Date: 3/15/2004 10:32 AM Central Standard Time
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Can anybody recommend a suitable fish for a 33gl planted tank (6.8PH)
that
may help to control snails (eating the half to 2mm ones and the eggs)? I
currently have 4 cory's but they're not too interested in them.

Thanks

--
Alan

What other fish are in this tank?


Just them at the moment. I'm planning on populating it with various soft
water tetra's but am waiting or the plant life to get established first.
It's doing well at the moment with the CO2 reactor and the cory's are doing
a grand job of keeping the bottom clean (amonia and nitrites have measured 0
since it cycled about two or three weeks ago - the tank has been up for over
seven weeks now).

Tha snails don't touch the plants but as there are no predators they seem to
be getting a bit out of hand. I wouldn't mind just a few

Well....
You might look into the Botias ("bo-DEE-uhs"). They don't get as large as Clown
Loaches, but I'm not sure if they do as good a job on "snailing". You could
even find a buddy or pet shop that would loan you a healthy Clown Loach to do
the deed. = )
Something to ponder.