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What eats snails? besides french people?

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so i have a freind whos tank is overun with snails and said hed give them to me, ive had tanks with snails before and i didnt mind them all i think there cool, so im wondering if any of my fish will eat the snails,

so i have 2 tanks and the fish i have are

3 crayfish over 3 inches, 1 crayfish thats nearly 5 inches

yellow african cichlid

1 convict cichlid

tiger barbs

2- 5 inch plecos

so i was wondering if wny of those fish would eat the snails? im guessing the crayfish might eat a few of them ( there really aggresive rusty crayfish, theyv already caught around 3 of my 2 inch tiger barbs, and try actually start eating the flesh off my hand when i go to change something in the tank) and they wouldnt get hurt because theyd pinch the meat out of the shells, but would the other fish get hurt trying to eat these?

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  1. well loaches eat snails. Try a loach of some type...


  2. Clown Loaches (Botia macracantha) notes: community fish, schooling. BAA1:370

    Skunk Loach (Botia morleti, formerly Botia horae) (some say better than the Clown L.) BAA1:368

    Puffers (Tetraodon species) notes: aggressive, keep alone.

    Banjo catfish (Bunocephalus species)

    Malawi Cichlids (Pseudotropheus & Melanochromis)

    African Butterfly or Thomas' Cichlid (Anomalochromis thomasi). BAA1:748

    Malawi Cichlids (Pseudotropheus & Melanochromis species)

    Yellow Labs, Electric Yellow (Labidochromis caeruleus) (Malawi Cichlid)

    Chocolate Cichlid (Cichlasoma coryphaenoides / C. hellabruni)

    Asian Bumblebee catfish (Leiocassis siamensis) BAA2:450

    Giant Gourami (Osphronemus goramy) notes: VERY large, not recommended!

    Betta/Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) notes: some do, some don't. BAA1:632

    Keyhole cichlid (Aequidens maronii). BAA1:668.

    Black ghost knifefish (Gymnotidae family)

    various Lake Tanganyika Synodontis catfish species

    Red Devil Cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus) (C.America)

    Slender Bumphead Cichlid (Steatocranus gibbiceps) (Tanganyika)

    Black-Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) S. American, large, may eat smaller fish

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