Will loaches eat snails?

Will loaches eat snails?

While peaceful to other fish species, Yoyo Loaches will search for snails to consume. Thanks to their penchant for digging, they’re quite effective at their job! These fish will use their barbels to feel around the substrate. Once they find a snail, they can suck it right out of the shell!

What do yo yo loaches eat?

Yoyo Loach Diet and Feeding They’ll eat almost anything they are offered, from flake to frozen to freeze-dried foods. A few sinking pellets fed just before turning the lights out will quickly be devoured. They are peculiarly fond of live foods and will gorge themselves on bloodworms and brine shrimp.

Do Yoyo loaches eat pest snails?

In the fish tank, your yoyo loach will eat a variety of food including processed flake, pellets, frozen and freeze-dried food. Your fish will also eat small pest snails in the tank, meaning a group of yoyos can be a perfect control for snails infestations.

Will Yoyo loach eat large snails?

Loaches can pester the larger snails, nipping their antennae (Whatever!) and in general bothering the snails to the point the snail stays in its shell and starves to death. Some Loaches (and other fish) learn to suck the meat out of hard shelled snails like Malaysian Trumpets.

What Loach will eat snails?

Clown loach
Any respectable Clown loach or Yo-Yo Loach would give their right fin for a snail dinner. They will sift through the gravel, sucking any snail they find right out of its shell. Loaches will even dive under the substrate in their snail hunting quest. Labyrinth fish, such as Bettas and Gouramis, will also eat snails.

Can I keep just one Yoyo Loach?

Despite what the store have said, keeping one alone is simply cruel, and in Yoyos does often lead to aggression problems as the fish mature. A group of at least 3 is needed, but 5 will be better.

Can Yoyo loaches live with guppies?

I have kept guppies together with yo yo’s before with no problem. A long as there is enough room, and hide out areas for the loaches , they should be fine.

Will clown loach eat mystery snail?

Loaches will indeed harass the snails, nipping at whatever they can until the snail stays inside his shell and dies of starvation. Do not add snails to a tank with snail eating fish unless you are feeding the fish. Most Puffers, and many Loaches will kill snails of any size, sooner or later.

Do kuhli loaches clean tank?

Kuhli Loaches are known for being good cleaner fish. As they scavenge for food, they will eat some algae at the bottom of your tank that grows on the gravel. By burrowing and scavenging, they can help to loosen food and dirt in the substrate that can subsequently be cleaned by your aquarium filter.