Subject: Ramshorn Snails
From: "NetMax"
Date: 3/27/2004 7:03 PM Central Standard Time
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"TYNK 7" wrote in message
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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.

I sold a customer on the idea to use Clown loaches to take care of his
snail problem, but he only bought one to try him out. He was back the
next day with a dead and very bloated Clown loach. Apparently it had
taken care of every snail in his tank, in one evening! I wouldn't have
believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. I think that fish
might have died with a smile on it's face ;~)

I'm not sure how Botias and Loaches get divided up. Here is a species
list of both:
http://www.loaches.com/species_index.html and a list of only Botia:
http://www.loaches.com/botia.html .

For example, the Clown loach is a Botia macracanthus (but it's not called
a Clown botia), while the Botia modesta is (around here) commonly called
a Red-tail botia (not Red-tail loach). It gets a bit confusing.

TYNK has an idea on the renting. I should rent plecos (until they get
too big), and Clown loaches (until the snails are gone). The only
problem is catching them to return ;~)

NetMax



Oh my goodness!
I bet it did die with asmile on it's face.
I would have never thought of that happening.