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Re: Snail eaters
Hi y'all,
I see botia striata got several votes. I have to look
them up now. I suppose they do better in a school like
many loaches do. Hope they won't annihilate the snails
completely.
My clown loaches grow quite fast. I get them as babies
(about 1 inch TL) but within 6 months they are more
than 6 inches long. They thrive on snails and other
live food I give my fish. I keep adding more snails
but it is really a wasted effort. Clown loaches make
such huge piles of empty white snail shells (which
collect at the sides of my 75G tank) that the shells
catch everyone's attention. Looks like a snail
graveyard.
I will try Tom's suggestion for catching botia striata
if they become just as efficient in eating snails as my
clown loaches. It's a job trying to catch anything out
of my 75 gallon tank. I am so small that I have to
use a step stool trying to reach fish or plants in the
rear of the tank, especially when the fish are hiding
in the bottom half of the tank. I feel like I am
falling into the tank. If I ever get a bigger tank
than 75 or 90 gallons, I am going to have to invest in
a snorkel!
Tomoko