Snails, No Snails,

:hang: sorry to jack your thread but I am fishless cycling a 75G to transfer my 10G into which contains a couple mollies and a gold mystery snail who is about the size of a "golf ball and a half" for comparison. When everyone is settled into the 75 I was wanting to add a small group of clown loaches. Will the loaches still try to bother the snail even though he is this large? :help: Thanks!!
 
It is entirely possible the loaches will bother and or kill the snail...Check out www.applesnail.net for info about species and compatibility...

Just thought of somehthing...Why not give the Pom the 10 gal??? It is large enough for one specimin...Throw down a nice crushed coral base, a piece of driftwood and you are laughin :)
 
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NorthStar said:
hmm, all my pants are live, some are in need of maintinance, I just need some maintinance but somthing my knife and loaches wont Eat...
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Zebra snails (Neritina Natalensis) are excellent algae eaters...they pretty much never stop eating, but don't touch plants. They also won't overpopulate your tank (I have heard they won't reproduce in freshwater.) And they are tough for loaches (and other fish) to eat since they attach firmly to the glass, and the shell covers the whole body.
 
The loaches will harass the bigger snails but the snail will be o.k.. He will never come fully out of his shell however. The loaches will eventually leave it alone, but may take a nibble at it if they can. Not a very snail friendly tank.
 
I had 5 snails in my tiger barb and tetra's tank. They dont seem to have any problem, they even clean the algae in my tank! So for me they are a good thing to have in tank.
 
I have mostly pond snails in my tank. They breed explosively when there is an abundance of food. But that explosive breeding causes an explosive reduction in algae. They are good in my books.
 
I have little to no alge, Pleco's get most of it but leave the plants alone, I am at a loss other then changing some of my plants out...
 
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