do weather loaches eat snails and shrimp? just wonderin so i know when i get my new weather loach if i gotta catch my snail and shrimp outa there
weather loaches and inverts
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Most loaches/botias will eat snails to some degree. Almost every one of them will eat shrimp. Weather loaches will ravenously eat both.
By the way, it's betta not beta for siamese fighting fish aka bettas.
By the way, it's betta not beta for siamese fighting fish aka bettas.
ahh ok ill go change that thx pete! and i guess i gotta go catch my mystery snail and shrimp b4 i get my new loach 
Weather loaches don't eat snails, except for eggs and the absolute smallest newborn pond snails. I've got hundreds of pond, ramshorn, and mts plus 5 briggs and a spixi in with mine.
I suspect that you have so many snails that you don't notice them missing or you have an "escargot intolerant" weather loach.
I doubt seriously that Loaches Online has misinformation on such a common loach.
I doubt seriously that Loaches Online has misinformation on such a common loach.
Oh, if you're putting crushed snails in to feed them they'll dig in all right, they'll go absolutely bonkers for 'em. But they can't get through the shells on most snails on there own. You certainly don't need to worry about them killing mystery snails unless it's already dying anyways.
Read Lupin's post in the "dojos eating my shrimp" thread from a couple days ago if you really think my loaches are just weird.
Read Lupin's post in the "dojos eating my shrimp" thread from a couple days ago if you really think my loaches are just weird.
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