I have some horsehead loaches (latin, dunno?) which do not eat snails, even
very small ones!! (But they do eat all the snail eggs.) Every other loach
or botia I've ever owned was a verified snail killer - the bigger the snail,
the more protracted the thrill of the kill.

kush

LeighMo wrote in message
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Hmmm... I know of this guy who keeps 7 Botia macracantha, 4 B. almorhae,
3 B.
striata, and 1 B. helodes *and* both shrimp and snails (bridgesii and
Melanoides tuberculata)

How long has he kept them?

I've succeeded in keep clown loaches and apple snails together for a few
weeks
or months, but the loaches always get them eventually. Often when I go
away
for a weekend and leave the loaches unfed for a day or two.

MTS are better snails to keep with loaches. They have tougher shells, and
can
hide from the loaches under the gravel. But the loaches still get a lot
of
them. This morning, one of my clown loaches was carrying a large MTS
around in
its mouth, swinging it around and worrying at it like a dog with a bone.


Leigh

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