RBP's and snails

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maggot

Discussion Starter · Mar 12, 2003

Does anyone know if RBP's will live snails? When I got my tank, the guy that gave me the p also gave me some of the gravel from his tank. Now I have about thirty snails in my tank and they continue to breed happily with new snails appearing every few weeks. I was wondering if I don't feed for a few days if my p would start eating them. I am feeding once a day and don't want to starve him just to see if he will eat them. The snails are the small kind (i.e. pea size and smaller).

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maggot

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 13, 2003

Thanks you all. I'll try the clown loaches or rafael catfish, probably which ever is cheapest. I have an idea they will become feeders.

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maggot

Discussion Starter · #8 · Mar 14, 2003

I'll try the apple first and then the other fish. If all else fails maybe the chemicals. I'll post back which method worked best. I counted last night and the count is up to 45, and those were the only ones I could see.

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maggot

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 14, 2003

My snails are the little pea-sized ones with tiny black spots. Going to put some cucumber in tonight and see what they do with that.

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Discussion Starter · #13 · Mar 17, 2003

To update, I tried the cucumber. The snails liked it but I never got more than five or six at a time. And as with RhomZilla it seems to have made them even more horny as the little buggers are everywhere. I did notice my p seems to eat the very tiny baby snails, but only a few. The loach or catfish is my next bet. My p is only about 3.5 inches so I'll try to get the biggest snail eater I can find.

(green for St. Patrick's day!)

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