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	Clown Loaches and Snails
jakeoman Fingerling Posts: 39 Kudos: 40 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Oct-2004	How big of snails can Clown Loaches eat??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
jakeoman Fingerling Posts: 39 Kudos: 40 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Oct-2004	mine are approx. 3"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
devon7 Big Fish Posts: 475 Kudos: 356 Votes: 4 Registered: 31-Aug-2004	depends on the size of the loach, i've heard horror stories of peoples loaches trying to eat large apple snails and stuff!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
poissonrouge Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 105 Votes: 1 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	the mouths on loaches are designed to be able to combine scraping and snapping, so they're powerful enough to be able to do incremental damage to the shell of any snial. in terms of being able to eat a whole one at a single sitting rather than just inflicting gradual nightmare destruction, i guess that if you have a group of them they could finish off anything with less than a 1 inch shell diameter. mainly peopple recommend loaches to cut out incipient infestations where there are a lot of smaller snails though
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	one of my 4 inch clowns would eat snails up to 1 inch across it all depends on how hungry and dedicated the loach is to eating that snail "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	I have only fed mine snails from an infested tank at a fish store. The store-keeper gave them to me for free. :%) But then, these were really tiny snails, the biggest less than a centimetre in diameter. On the other hand, my clowns are very young, half an inch to about 3 inches in size and it took them a lot of determination to break into the shells. It truly is about how determined the clown is to eat the snails. Put the snail in the tank early in the morning or about 11 am.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
jakeoman Fingerling Posts: 39 Kudos: 40 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Oct-2004	my snail is fairly decent in size i was just wondering if i needed to move it to another tank with the loaches in the tank, but i think it is big enough
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
Jaylene_Grasshopper Hobbyist Posts: 50 Kudos: 61 Votes: 7 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	VERY BIG SNAILS!!!! CLOWN LOACHES ARE PIGS!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	OH, I didnt realise u had a snail as a pet in a tank full of loaches. Hehehe. Yummy go the clownies
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
jakeoman Fingerling Posts: 39 Kudos: 40 Votes: 3 Registered: 01-Oct-2004	well i added the loaches 3 days ago and so far the snail is ok... the other tank i have has meds in it that kill inverts... Last edited by jakeoman at 26-Oct-2004 16:24
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
whetu Mega Fish Posts: 900 Votes: 63 Registered: 31-Jan-2003	do keep an eye on the snail for signs of damage. As people have said, they can be pretty determined and can inflict damage enough to kill the snail even if they don't eat it outright.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07


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