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Re: Snails in Planted Tank
On 19 Oct 2000,, Wright Huntley wrote:
> Tyrone Genade wrote:
> > What lunatic gave you the advise to use a clown or puffer fish!
> I don't think so, unless you are uninformed enough to attempt to keep
> a single Clown Loach. He will certainly go bonkers and may well end up
> doing some serious damage.
Over the holidays I was working at a pet shop where a guy bought
3 clowns and about 20 cardinals. 3 days later he was back with the
3 clowns and 10 cardinals with their stomachs eaten out. Over the
3 days the clowns had hunted the cardinals, killed and eaten them
much to the horror of the owner and his kids.
> > The puffer would even take a big fish. You are much better
> > off with Kribs or goldern barbs.
>
> Neither are much good at snail eradication, IMHO. Many killies do just
> as well.
A pr of Kribs in a tank of snails is very quickly a tank of kribs only.
Although they don't seem to care much for the malayan live bearing
snails. The best for them is new gravel and clean plants. You have
to boil them to death. But they don't do anything to plants and till
the gravel. The only problem they present is in breeding tanks
where they wil eat the eggs.
Bye
Tyrone Genade
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Department Biochemistry Molecular Cell Physiology Lab
University of Stellenbosch Ph: +27-021-808-5880
Republic of South Africa fax: +27-021-808-5863
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