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what is the smallest snail eating loach?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:21 am
by jaldworth
hello, i would love to get a loach for my tank as they are really good looking and interesting fish but i would like to get one which would happily control my snail population as well
any help would be great as i do not want to go and buy a fish which would be too big for my little 60l tank
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:27 am
by newshound
this has been addressed
do a search
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:37 am
by YellowFinned
newshound wrote:this has been addressed
do a search
Seems a reasonable question. If addressed, what are the threads?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:46 am
by shari2
The search option at the top of the pages is a very helpful tool.
Here's one thread:
http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ails#46797
On another note, a 60L tank (15 gallons) is really too small for loaches...and most botia type (which are the best snail eaters) are social and do best in groups of 5 or more.
What else is in your tank?
And welcome to LOL
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:14 pm
by jaldworth
well i have male guppies in this one but i have 2 other tanks one of which is 115L with female guppies n i am plotting to upgrade one of my two 60L tanks to a 168L which would be better
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:19 pm
by shari2
That's about 45gallons (sorry, US here)?
Still too small for clowns, perhaps B. striata:
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:27 pm
by Total Package
y. sidthimunki is about 2 inches and is the smallest of the botine-shaped loaches IIRC.
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:32 pm
by jaldworth
thank you i wil consider getting a larger tank specially for loaches