Snails are destroying my plants LOL

[Abercrombie6202]

NOT GOOD!!!

I thought the lilsnails were cute, and i even saw a wjhite one, but now i want them all gone, they keepmaking more and more and there destroying my plants!!!, especially my foregorund plants!! it's not fair, how cna i get rid of them, what kind of fish?

I have a 20 gallon community, ph is at about 6.5, ammonia 0 and nitrite 0

What fish would be good?

 

[adamj]

clown loach

 

[Abercrombie6202]

only clown loaches becuase they are expensive!!!!!

 

[FishQueen]

kuhili loaches, I think... not sure...

 

[adamj]

you might be able to cut a deal with your LFS/LPS. Rent the fish i guess... i've seen it done.

 

[wayne at home]

Clown loaches get a bit big too, but any botia loach will do it. I thought you had some puffers - get them on the case

 

[AndyL]

Clown loaches aren't particularly expensive. Unless of course you're buying a big one. Most of the loaches I've seen have been pretty reasonably priced.

Andy

 

[1979camaro]

ditto...the most ive seen one cost is about $5 and it was at least 2in long...should be able to get a smaller one cheaper

 

[Abercrombie6202]

OH yeha i went to my LFS and they told me to a buy a paradise fish!!

it was noly 1.49 so i figured why not, it's chasing all the babies, but atleast it's eating snails!!!

 

[catfishmike]

try any loach most standard loaches will eat snails but clowns are the best.my yoyo's do a good job they leave just enough to keep a meal in the tank at all times but never enough to bother me

 

[adamj]

be careful with the paradise fish... they are very similar to betas in their attitude

 

[bobrob]

No wait a minute why buy a fish you have some pufferfish right use them unless you dont have them anymore.

 

[Abercrombie6202]

I have them LOL, i just don't want to condition them to a new tanka dn then have to put them bakc in the other tnak plus it's a hassel with the whole remoivg the hood off of an eclipse 5 hex LOL, plus my puffers wil porlly terorize the guppy