I have two Horseface loaches and two Yo-Yo loaches in my aquarium the
Horseface eat everything I put in: tropical flakes, color flakes,
spirulina flakes, shrimp pellets, freeze dried tubifex worms, algae
discs, tropical tablets, tropical granules, bloodworms. One is about
5 inches and basically can been seen at all times the other one is
about 4 inches and hides out more times than not but comes out at
feeding time.

nm2112

"Djay" wrote in message ...
I've had a "Horseface loach" for over a year and I've never really known
what its diet has been. My daughter mentioned today that "we really don't
have many snails anylonger." I really don't know the dietary habits of this
loach. He/she is very shy and buries herself in the sand when startled.
This loach has actually just had it's head above the substrate, looking like
it is in ambush mode. Ambushing snails? I'm thinking that ambushing a
snail is kind of like the ultimate example of being patient!

I alternately feed algae discs and brine shrimp pellets to the bottom
feeders a few time per week, but I really have never seen this loach eat.
This is because my tank is in serious need of plant pruning... and she has
many places to hide... but that's another post.

Do any of you know the culinary habbits of this horse faced loach? Does it
munch on snails?

DJay