On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 04:37:49 GMT, "Lopaka" wrote:


"Velvet" wrote in message
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Ben wrote:

TYNK 7 wrote:

You're getting the looks because they're a huge pest problem is most
tanks.
Why on earth do you want these things?
They will over run your tank in months. You'll never get rid of them
either,
unless you either bleach the tank or toss everything and start over. =
(


Maybe in your tank, not in mine. I have a 55 g and have had them in
there for about 2 years. I never see more than 10 at a time and rarely
that many. Maybe there are more in the gravel but they rarely show
themselves.

I agree with Red that they are beneficial to the tank, won't eat plants
and will add that as far as snails go, they're kind of cool!

-Ben


I have gazillions of them, you're welcome to a few if they'll survive
bagging and first-class, if you're in the UK.

My population started out as half a dozen from a local fish shop's tanks
when I spotted they had them in their tanks...

They don't eat my plants, they multiply worse than rabbits, but they do
keep the gravel turned over to some degree. I have them in small
gravel, not the med/large stuff.

Let me know here if you're interested and I post a munged but useable
email address.


My two 3"clown loaches ate all my snails unless there are some hiding.

Lo


I had a 10 gallon tank that was over running with snails, small white
conical snails. I had a single runt Clown Loach in my quarantine
tank. No snails, so he was first in line come feeding time.

I moved him and never saw him for over a week, he never showed up at
chow time. Finally I found him and moved him back to the Q tank. His
old eating habits returned. Meanwhile I still had the sides of the
tank covered with snails when I turned on the lights in the morning,
they were even brazen enough to stay up after the lights were on.
Knowing my Clown was ok, I put him back to work. He dug a small cave
under two rocks and seemed to stay there all day. I never caught him
out. But sneaky pete was doing his job. Slowly the snail population
went down. He now comes out at feeding time, but is very picky. I
guess he is happier with his own food chain.

God bless Clown Loaches. g