Subj : The Mystery Almost Solved
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Michael Grant
Date : Tue Jun 23 2009 12:23 am

Hello Carol.

20 Jun 09 14:53, you wrote to me:

 >> I think that some loaches will eat snails (clown loach, zebra
 >> loach?) Only thing is, I had some clown loaches before, and I think
 >> they started feeding my other fish. (I found then dead with holes
 >> bored into their sides)

 CS> I've had them before.  They won't bother goldfish but I think not so
 CS> good with smaller types.

I think the ones I had attacked bigger fish. I got them for snail control as 
others had suggested here, but they really didn't make a big difference in that 
area, and I eventually wound up doing a scrubdown to get rid of the snails. It 
was a disappointment to me.

Right now, I'm down to a few fish in my 75 gallon tank. A couple cichlids, 
including a young Jack Dempsey, a bristle nose pleco, a rainbow shark and a 
cory cat. Lost my prize upside-down catfish a couple weeks ago, but he was 
pretty old, so it wasn't too much of a suprise.

I poked my nose in here because I pretty much have an out-of control algae 
problem ATM. I tried scraping, and also tried another suggestion I found 
online: using a magic eraser. Worked well, but only temporarily, then the algae 
came back in spades.

I think I have to do a teardown and scrub the tank clean to get it under 
control. After that I might try that idea with the japanese moss balls; looks 
to me like a pretty good solution.

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