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~*~ Vosklady ~*~ wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:07:40 GMT, Dunter Powries wrote:

Victor Martinez wrote in message
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Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite
substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many
snails
in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be
permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4
species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands
of
snails, 3 different species.
Any help would be most appreciated.

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Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus

I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see
them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of
(submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate
tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks.

http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html

There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed...
make
sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus!

http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html


I'd have to say I'd recommend the Yo-Yo Loach (Botia almorhae) a.k.a
Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata...

AY YAI YAI!!!

I have two - they're over four years old now, easily over five inches each,
and WILL NOT DIE! - that are murder in a planted tank! I keep them in a
15-gallon tank full of rocks now. I was never able to have stem cuttings in
with them because they'd instantly uproot them, and I still start to tear up
when I remember what they did to a particularly nice lileaopsis lawn a
couple of years ago. Mine will eat ANY size snail and, in fact, it's their
favourite pastime, worrying snails out of their shells.

The only thing I'll say for them is that I never had to worry about removing
a dead fish from the tank because they'd inevitably have it stripped clean
by morning. Now that they've gotten big, they've slowed down a little...
but... I STILL don't trust 'em!

kush