Re: [APD] Speaking of killing things....

["Jerry Smith" <jerrytheplater at hotmail_com>]

Elizabeth

I have a 10 gallon tank with 2 full grown Skunk loaches, 3 Otocinclus, and 4 
Parotocinclus. I don't have any problems with my Oto's being bothered. I 
usually don't see them though. They make an appearance every month or so. I 
hear the Skunks clicking away constantly though. They do chase one another. 
I would say they are at least 4 years old. I used them to rid my 38 of a 
small snail that lives in the gravel and comes out at night. I hated them. I 
think they might be called Malaysian Trumpet (or Trapdoor) snails. They are 
gone. I throw them some snails from my Lamprologus ocellatus tank. I don't 
want to put the loaches in there.

In the 10 there are rocks to hide under and plants to hide in.

Jerry


>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:40:47 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
>From: Elizabeth B Naime <elspeth at kc_rr.com>
>Subject: Re: [APD] Speaking of killing things....
>To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
>
>
>I have no small snails in my yoyo-and-kubotai tank. On the other hand, I
>relegated the skunk loaches to their own tank (and later, back to the
>store, where one of the fish department folks wanted them) after they
>harrased two of the dojos to death. I don't know if they'd serve as birth
>control (apres birth control) for the guppies, or if they'd leave no guppy
>swimming. The otos might not find the humor in them either.
>
>The yoyos and kubotai seem to be better community residents.
>
>Elizabeth


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