Snail Eater

[barramundi]

Anyone know a fish that'll eat snails? I gotta bonus from my lfs when I bought some plants. I checked but musta missed them & now my pond is full of them.:mad: I don't want to drain the pond if I don't have to cos it's 1000l's & set nice at the moment.

[jonah]

Electric yellows and loaches like clowns and skunks. The loaches would probably be safer with the plants.

[jennigypsy]

I had a little puffer once that ate EVERY snail in the tank....he sucked them out of their shell like a vacuum!....the fish are kinda small though...so depending on what you have in the pond...they might be snacked on themselves!

[Neil N]

not sure of the common name but what abount platydoras costatus, kind of a black catfish with a white stripe, definately snail hunters, there is a spotty version as well

[SGypsyMermaid]

striped raphael? i never knew that they were snail eaters.

[jennigypsy]

you know, I just read that somewhere...they're supposed to be great for snail removal! And they're cool looking too!

[barramundi]

Thanks heaps for the info peoples, very much appreciated!!

[the209jungalist]

sevrums are supposed to like them as well!