My Sidthimunki and other Botia spp did a wonderful job of keeping those
livebearing cone-shaped snails in check. They didn't eradicate them, but
they made their presence bearable and kept my plants from being eaten. I
removed the Botias and you wouldn't believe how fast the snails took over
the tank! :)
Julie <><
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 caryho at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> In The Dawn of the Third Age Graeme Finsen
> <gfinsen at brs.schneider.com.au> woke me from my contemplation by
> writing:
>
> >Thks Andrew,
> >Would you think that this would work against those little barstard
> >burrowing snails??????? I'm having to boil my gravel to get rid of them
> >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
>
> Have you tried some loaches (clown, skunk, etc) to bring your snail
> problem into check. I've never tried them with the burrowing snails,
> as I've never had them. But they have been very effective in cleaning
> out any ramshorn snails in my planted tanks. Of course they're also
> very good at cleaning up any rainbow eggs in the mop.
>
>
> Cary Hostrawser
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