Mini Ramshorn Snail Attack

[chykityta]

Hello,

I got some plants from a friend thinking it had baby Apple Snails. Turns out, some of those babies never grew and the only snail that I can think of being is: Mini Ramshorn snails.

Unfortunately, I have spread said plants throughout 3 tanks. One of them got aggressively overrun by those snails. There are only Pygmy Cory's on it and soon to arrive, Celestial Pearl Danios. I do not want those snails on that tank. The only Botia/Loach my local LFS can get is Burmese Border Botia.

My fear is that they don't take care of the problem, since the Assassin Snails didn't do the job and I am positive they only went into breeding mode. Therefore, I will soon have an Assassin Snail baby tank (not needed but that I can at least sell/trade with an LFS.

So, aside from Assassin Snails or Puffers, would a Burmese take care of Mini Ramshorn Snails?


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[Delapool]

Yoyo loaches took care of mine and these look similar enough that my bet would be yes. Probably do best as a group.

 

[chykityta]

Yes, I have read the same about Yo-Yo loaches but not available at this time. Only Burmese so I am hesitant whether to get them, or not.


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[chykityta]

So, the Burmese was not received at the LFS. Searching around, I was able to inquire one place with Yo-Yo loaches at $6.99 and three places with Clown Loaches at $8.99 (I would probably need at least two to lower aggression towards my fish). I think I prefer to look into the Dwarf Puffers were I would only need one.


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[Delapool]

I'd go with yoyo's over clown loaches due to smaller size. Although I believe clown loaches are slow growing. My two remaining yoyo's are about 4 inches in length.

Can't comment on puffer fish unfortunately as have never kept them.