Anti-snail fish?

Marsha Finley · Post by **Marsha Finley** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:50 am

Folks:

What's your experience with snail wreckers? Yes, botias, clown loaches... but the others?

I've heard that Blue Rams (Papiliochromis ramirezi, Microgeophagus ramirezi) attack snails...

The reason I asked is that I just witnedssed 4 Pelvicachromis pulcher 'Red' juvis (Ghori's fry, now growing up!!) gang up to attaack some snails! They had been in a bare-bottomed grow-out tank, and I moved them into a 20 long today... Fun to watch!

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 3:10 am

Yep - Pelvicachromis pulcher will eat some types
of snails. They will probably have a hard time with
MTS but Ramshorn and pond snails are fair game!

Jonathan Kalmes · Post by **Jonathan Kalmes** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:13 pm

I can only comment on mine, which I think are blues...

They don't care in the slightest about snails unless I crush them. MTSs, pond snails, apple snails, unidentified snails that hitch-hike on new plants... doesn't matter. They don't mess with them at all.

Anti-snail fish?

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