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Old 26-06-2003, 03:22 AM
Djay
 
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Default Horse face loach diet

Guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing (feeding the same way). I still
don't know if she is the one responsible for the decline in snails though...
unless one day, I catch her in the act. Maybe I'll install a "moon bulb" so
I can observe the nocturnal behavior?

Thanks, DJay


"Shannon Wheeler" wrote in message
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Mine seem to eat anything I put in. flakes, worms, shrimp, leftovers from
supper etc (as long as it makes it to the bottom).

And every loach I've ever had would eat snails - though little ones like
kuhlis couldn't break big shells.

"Djay" wrote in message
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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