what's a good Snail Eater?

[Symbiot]

heys

wanna set up a tetra tank, with only South American fish...

Now i need a Sanil eater indiginous to South America...

any advice there?

have found one... the Characidium..

more would be greatly appreciated....

Martin

 

[ferret]

The immediate suggestions are not SA fish. Dwarf gouramis, clown loaches (And other loaches), goldfish.

 

[snapcrackler]

Clown loaches are crazy snail eaters. I watched 4 of them completely clean a snail-infested tank in a couple of days.

Make sure to get at least three or more, though, they like to hang together. They are also great fish to keep becase they have a lot of personality.

 

[captainGregor]

Loaches are so precious. They are great. Takes them a while to get used to the tank. I got 3 clowns and they are hiding often, and two of them are friends and the third is kind of by himself. They love snails.

 

[Symbiot]

recon you've misunderstood me...

South American only....

loaches are asian...

 

[ferret]

If you'll read the post, I noted that. I know of no SA snail eaters, so I offered what I knew of. Puffers also eat them. SA green spotted puffer? I'm not sure they are wholly FW though.

 

[snapcrackler]

oops sorry

how about the south american puffer, dude.

http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puf-asel.htm

just be keerful you dont have snails with too hard of a shell because puffs can bust their lil teeth on them.