Feeding snails to the clown loach

[prettyvacant]

I recently got a clown loach. I have also been breeding some snails for a while now in a 2 gal. I have probably over 100 of them, and they are very tiny. The biggest is about __ . I want to feed some to my clown loach. So, do I just drop some baby snails into my 29 gal? Should I prepare them some how, like take them out of the shell? I think I read someone's post on here about this. Someone mentioned taking them out of the shell.

 

[Guest]

nope, just drop them in the tank, they will probably multiply unless the clown loach keeps them in check. My girlfriend got 3 small clown loaches in her 10 gallon tank beacuse she got some hitchhiking snails with some plants. Since she put them in, she has yet to see a snail again. She's going to move them to the 55 gallon tank when the outgrow the 10.
HTH
-Stewie

 

[Felf]

if for some really odd reason they dont eat the snails right away, you can slightly crush the snail and they'll figure it out

 

[black udder]

yeah, they seem to figure it out pretty quick. I just dropped the loach into the tank and the snails disappeared in a week or so.

They don't live much past 24 hours if you just drop in 2 or 3.

 

[severum mama]

My little female convict goes nuts for snails, so I bet your clown loach will figure it out no problem. I don't mean to sound rude, but are you aware that clown loaches are schooling fish, and grow to about 12 inches?

 

[prettyvacant]

Yes I am aware of this... I will eventually get another tank or bring this fish back to the store. I just wanted it for a bit so I can get rid of these snails that I have, since I have no use for them.

 

[patryuji]

If you have most any botia loach in a tank with snails they will eat the snails. If you observe them in a planted tank they will even search most of your plants from top to bottom to find more snails whenever they are not rooting around in the gravel.

 

[cougaran]

How bout the kulhi loach does that eat snails too?

 

[BASSNMAN]

If you smash the snails first, you will find that most of your fish will enjoy some fresh meat and you don't need to worry about snails living in the tank.

 

[Guest]

yea but they are annoying as all heck with the stringy twisty feces they leave behind