Do ALL loaches eat snails? - Aquarium Advice

Punkymom · 01-26-2004, 08:55 PM

I recently added a bunch of Ramshorn Snails to my 55 [acronym:a252fff711="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:a252fff711] that my [acronym:a252fff711="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:a252fff711] gave to me. They were going to help rid my plants of the diatoms growing on them. Well, it's been a couple of weeks now and there are very few of them left. I know this because when I do my weekly water changes, I'm sucking up a lot of empty shells. I have 2 little punks of skunk loaches (they think they're bullies...) and I think they may be the culprits but I'm not sure. Does anybody know??? Just trying to figure out the answer to this little mystery of mine...[acronym:a252fff711="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:a252fff711]

Allivymar · 01-26-2004, 09:12 PM

Yep, skunk loaches will chow on em. I think any of the loaches with that sorta mouth structure will chow on snails. For example, the hillstream loaches have a very different mouth structure; then again they eat algae. They won't eat snails.

hisc1ay · 01-26-2004, 11:13 PM

Good to know...I saw some sweet loaches and I wondered if they ate snails. That's what I'm looking for.

-j

illuminum · 01-27-2004, 01:43 AM

Do dojo loaches and clown loaches eat snails?

I have 2 clown loaches with 3 snails and haven't seen any problem yet...

01-26-2004, 08:55 PM	#1
Punkymom Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Newnan GA Posts: 426 Images: 8	Do ALL loaches eat snails? I recently added a bunch of Ramshorn Snails to my 55 [acronym:a252fff711="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:a252fff711] that my [acronym:a252fff711="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:a252fff711] gave to me. They were going to help rid my plants of the diatoms growing on them. Well, it's been a couple of weeks now and there are very few of them left. I know this because when I do my weekly water changes, I'm sucking up a lot of empty shells. I have 2 little punks of skunk loaches (they think they're bullies...) and I think they may be the culprits but I'm not sure. Does anybody know??? Just trying to figure out the answer to this little mystery of mine...[acronym:a252fff711="Thanks in Advance"]TIA[/acronym:a252fff711] __________________ Out of the mouth of my 15 month old: "Ah da fiswa doo na say." Roughly translated: Silly fish swims up.

01-26-2004, 09:12 PM	#2
Allivymar Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,355 Images: 15	Yep, skunk loaches will chow on em. I think any of the loaches with that sorta mouth structure will chow on snails. For example, the hillstream loaches have a very different mouth structure; then again they eat algae. They won't eat snails. __________________ aka Cycling Guru and the Ich Slayer glares at Terry and QTOFFER Card carrying member of FTAS & GCAS.

01-27-2004, 01:43 AM	#4
illuminum Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 296 Images: 16	Do dojo loaches and clown loaches eat snails? I have 2 clown loaches with 3 snails and haven't seen any problem yet... __________________ 12 gallon Eclipse: 5 Cherry Barbs, 4 Columbian tetras, 4 amano shrimp, 1 one in. pleco, 30 gallon tall Eclipse II: 4 Praecox Rainbow Fish, 2 Australian Rainbowfish, 3 zebra snails, 2 Clown Loaches, 2 Congo Tetra, 2 Boesemani Rainbowfish, 1 Red Irian Rainbowfish, 1 Bronze Corydora, 1 Golden Panchax Killifish, 1 Aplocheilus lineolatus Killifish, 1 Common Pleco (~5 in.), 1 candystripe Pleco (~1 1/2 in.) My online photos

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01-26-2004, 11:13 PM	#3
hisc1ay Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 529 Images: 11	Good to know...I saw some sweet loaches and I wondered if they ate snails. That's what I'm looking for. -j