snails!!!!!!!!!!!!

[unstopable4700]

yesterdayi found cotton picken snails in my 125 so my question is what fish will eat the little buggers and be ok with the tank mates. 1-7" jag, 1-8" pleco, 1-3" pleco, 1-3" striped rapheal cat.

 

[AquataHolic420]

CLOWN LOACHES LOVE SNAILS!

 

[unstopable4700]

yeah but what about the killer jag that hates everything

 

[lilith]

Botia loach will do it and I dont think the jag will bother on if you can find a 3-4 inch one. They have pretty good deffense mechanisms to deal with such fish. I have had no problems with keeping them with larger cichlids.

 

[dovii88]

clown loaches all the way

 

[unstopable4700]

anybody in northern indiana area have a good size loach for sale i really dont want snails

 

[WyldFya]

One question... what kind of snails are they? If they are MTS, the loaches won't do too much against them. If they are the small pond snails, then a loach is your best option.

 

[unstopable4700]

i really dont know yet. they are really small. if they are trumpets what is my solution? what about puffers?

 

[captainawesome]

no idea, but clown loaches took care of the snail infestation I had, in a matter of hours.

 

[merc123]

For trumpets, tie a piece of lettuce to a rock and let it sit in the tank overnight. Before daylight get up and turn the lights on. It should be covered in snails. Simply remove it and you've removed a lot of snails.

Alternatively, you can stop feeding the fish for a few days and the snails will start to climb up the side of the glass.