snails...

"Jon Pike" wrote in message
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Okie doke. So my tanks are completely infested with snails.
I've heard some people say "get loaches" but the kuhli's I got aren't
doing
much at all.
I've also heard people say "never use those snail killing chemicals"
but I've never really heard why.

Any other ways of getting rid of -all- the snails (without restarting
the entire tank)? Thoughts on snail chemicals?

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Clown loaches are No1 when it comes to get rid of snails.
You need to keep them in a number or 5 - 6 fish to make them
comfortable. The biggest problem I had, was after two weeks there
was no more snails, means no more food for the fish. Well they eat
the most food like cats food (dry pellets), bloodworms and scrimps.
But also dry flakes are OK when they are hungry.
I like hungry fish, they keep the tank clean! I have never used any
kind of chemicals in my tank.
Here are some pictures of the tank, before the Clowns arrived.
http://www.algonet.se/~maxxl/akvarium/akvarium.htm

That page gives me errors and no images
guess i'll hafta ask santa for some clown loaches then.

Do they need to be trained to eat snails, or will they just recognize them
as tasty?

Anything that is slow moving or is dead is fair game to a clown, with mine
sometimes it takes me a little while to notice I've lost a small fish as the
clown's will hoover it up.

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