I have a small 35 gallon tank with one angelfish and three kuhli loaches and a pleco. Somehow I got these very, very tiny snails all over in my tank. Thinking of getting some kind of fish that would love to eat these little pests. My thought was a trio of zebra loaches. Do they eat snails? If not, what does?
snail eating fish
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Puffers love snails, but too agressive for your setup, you best bet would be to get a couple of assasin snails, yes more snails, but they eat the other ones.
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assian snails +1 attractive dont reproduce quick and take care of the problem. The loaches may but in my expireince even with Clown Loaches which are supposed to "love snails" when you feed them properly they prefer the lazy food(fish food) vs working for there meals.
Ribbon leeches (the kind found in bait shops) are predatory and really love snails. They won't hurt you or the other fish either.
Your Angel, if big enough, may eat them. But safest bet is assasins like fishe said.
You can dose with coper but if not done correctly you could kill your fish and from what I have seen many companies have removed the stuff from stores cause too many ppl don't know how to RTFM!
You can dose with coper but if not done correctly you could kill your fish and from what I have seen many companies have removed the stuff from stores cause too many ppl don't know how to RTFM!
I hate my assasins. They mess with snails that I dont want them to, and they are built like tanks. I have some in a tank of breeding convicts and somehow they survive. I have about 10 for sale or trade if interested. Im just tired of shuffling them between tanks. PM if interested. Im mostly interested in live plants. As far as Fish... All I can think of is clown loachs. But that requires a huge commitment and probably more space than what Your setup can give them.
All of the Paretroplus cichlid genus eat snails. I had a tank that I could barely see thru each morning because of the Malay live bearing snails, added a Paretroplus menerambo, and within 24 hours, no snails could be found. Paretroplus even have a set of teeth that look like a can opener for extracting the fleshy parts of snails too hard to crush. Some get too large for your tank, but kieneri is small, and if you get them smaill enough, all are fairly slow growers.
kieneri
maculatus
menerambo (gets a bit too large for your setup, mine hit 14")
kieneri
maculatus
menerambo (gets a bit too large for your setup, mine hit 14")
All the fish in your tank will eat the snails. Don't add a new fish it will only add more bioload and disrupt the dynamics of your tank. Plus, most snails are harmless. People go to great lengths to get rid of them and waste time, money, energy for nothing. Snails are really hard to get rid of once they get established. Your best bet is to set traps by using an empty bottle with bait and leaving it overnight. In the morning just remove it with the snails inside. Feed less and make sure there is not leftover food. Between this and your fish eating them they should disappear or their numbers stay low. Another thing, learn to accept the snails. I don't know why people freak out about other life forms in their tank and think they can keep everything out. Despite out best efforts it is a part of fish keeping that we need to get used to. And the snails are more beneficial than harmful; they break down waste and eat extra food, become natural live food for other animals/fish, and they are cool pets themselves. the ONLY negative about them is they look bad when there is like a 1000 of them on your glass. But you should never let it get that way if you do a good job in maintaining them. People suggesting to buy fish or use chemicals are giving horrible advice. You are keeping animals (fish), that live in water WITH tons of other organisms. I personally like the diversity in my tank and you can't keep your tanks absolutely perfect it is impossible.