khuli loachs

hello ff`s(fishy friends) who out there knows if khuli loaches eat snails? dont want to put clown loaches in coz they get to big. the skunk loach well borring. any wat got some snails and well they P me off. oh and puffers to nippy












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Nope..not at all... Get some Botia striata... nice looking,only grows to 10cm and excellent snail hunters.... Just make sure to keep them in at least a small school...

 

Well - not that I've noticed! I've had my khuli's for well over a year, some for longer ... and am still battling snails. I have it on good opinion that Botia Striata are the answer to the damn sn@ils - but I can't get any!!! I've been looking for over 9 months...

Also, I don't know how big your tank is...

 

Botia Striata had a look at them, they are pretty i can say that. just hope i can find them in one of lps

 

iv seen these in a local lps last week!!

 

I actually believe my khulis have eaten some snails. There are shells in one little corner of the tank they are in. I heard that they will eat them if they don't get fed enough ( thats not really good for me is it). It's either that or the corys...

 

I dont have snails but I do have Khulis. Just saying

 

would be nice if the khuli`s did. they look like they would be great in a tank. but hey i need a job done. hate the snails and i have tryed a few routes
and to date still have the little f@#kers about. so looks like ill be getting some zebbra`s
unless any other secret out there that i dont know?

 

There are various chemical ways of getting rid of snails...but I hate using them - imagine the ammonia spike and subsequent bad water quality you will have with a mass die off of snails in your tank... Better to go with the loaches....

BTW...Kuhli's will eat a snail or two if the opportunity presents itself... But Botia loaches eat them like I eat Sushi at a all-you-can-eat buffet...

 

dont want to ues chems so ill get an organic fix. i have had in the past pair of skunk botia in a tank and they ate snails but not loads still had them about. just would be nice to have the out of sight, the snails that is

 

Yup - they dont eradicate them completely...but defo does a great job in controlling their population...

 

Khulis are worth getting anyway. They get into all sorts of places and eat left over food. And they are so interesting. I have friends that will stare at my tank for as long as it takes to see my Khulis. Sometimes I need to coax them out of hiding with bloodworm just to please my friends.

 

yes thats what happened with skunk botia got lazzy. and thoes puffers well they cute but hell are the angry! what the next step? who do we call in?

 

so after hunting around in some of the lps found some pretty good looking Botia Striata or zebbra loachs. bought six and have had them in my setup for a day or so. im keen to see what happens next. ill give an update in say a month from now.

 

Well - I'm happy to report that I've had a group of Zebras for about a month now... and the sn@ils, they are almost history! and I do feed the little striped fellows too - it's just so cute hearing them click happily when I give them their fav food!

 

I've kept Kuhli Loaches for years and I have yet to see them eating snails, and believe me I had plenty in one of my tank's at one stage, snails that is.... There has never ever been a report of them eating snails that I've come across.

 

Get klown loaches for a while bud. They do the trick! Masters in snail catching. They sniff those buggers out quickly. They are pretty common in LFS's and they don't grow that fast. If they get too big you can always get them a good home. The cheapest, quickest and safest option in my opinion. They are very pleasing to look at aswell. Just saying.

 

had thought of the clown route but after a few sites, doing a little more reading the clowns are not going to suite my setup. one of my lps has got sale could have bought 10cm fish for about R70. but the sad story is that they trash planted setups. also not keen on netting out unwanted fish would rather put fish that a dont out grown my tank and b upset the draw card fish in my tank. my eight beautiful discus. but thanx anyhow

 

Clown Loach isn't always the answer. Got 4 snales at lfs as a treat for him. Looks like he was absand the day at fish school when they talked about snails. Had to remove them manually befor they destroid all the plants.