Geoff Kemp wrote:

Zebra loach sounds like a good candidate - are they good snail-munchers
(or even part-time munchers, since I'm not after total snail
eradication)? I'm wondering about their digging activities too - plants
are easily uprooted in my tank (none are ever weighted/potted) even if
they've got good root systems on, if the fish are determined enough
about it.


I`ve got a pair of Sebras in my aquarium. They don`t seem too territorial
or aggressive in a tank of guppies, neons, bronze corys and zebra danios.
Mine haven`t total eradicated my snails, however the population crashed to
about 20% of it`s original size. Mine seem most active at night when I can
hear them dropping the shells on to the gravel.

They are quite playful little fish, and seem happy to co-exist along side
the rest of the inhabitants.

Also I`m suppose to have a bristle nosed catfish too, however mine has
dissappeared too. Speaking to my G/fs aunt, she said that her BFC
dissappeared for a while then re-appeared after several weeks. Anyone else
had this problem?

Geoff



I found mine during the re-plant of the tank. He's tiny (still less
than an inch long) though when I see him always looks well-fed and in
good health. He's so small and bog-wood coloured, that he manages to
hide in plain sight a lot of the time.

He was hiding on the underside of the back of the bogwood ;-) I think
the lack of plants made for a tank that felt less 'safe' to him - now
it's replanted heavily I've seen him out a few times in the evenings again.

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Velvet