Anyone breed plecos?

that some of the snails I keep in the tanks crawling around the eggs like they were trying to eat them. Has anyone had this problem? The eggs were gone after 2 days ....I’m not sure if the male eat them or if the snails did. Looking to see if anyone else has experienced something like this? Thanks

Snails will eat any eggs they can. Large snails can also eat fry. I had snails eat my cory eggs and I watched a large MTS catch and eat a cory fry.

damn....They might of got like all 20 of those eggs!!! Grrrrr

man that sucks but hope you have better luck next time

Start pulling any snail you see and squish them and feed them to your cichlids.

My jewels love them!

I have had my male eat the eggs before. Never had any problems with snails though.

They are in a 15 gallon. I want them for my other tanks they are good cleaners...but I will just clean out the 15 G and re do it. No snails just pleco only.

my old MBU could clean out a 15g tank in 24hrs = ZERO snails LOL

yummy..................

KMX you may need to do a 24hr 25% solution of bleach in the tank to even think about eliminating them. Its near impossible to get all of the eggs.....
If you do the bleach soak rinse it out very very well and let it sit with water and 6-8 times the normal dose of dechlorinator in it. I would say give it 6 or so hours of that with occasional swishing.

Wow I never thought of that....they are really good at reproducing ....can't get rid of them!

all you need is some crayfish they eat them all of them i did it and mine are very fat

Just try the bleach It may work. I had a 10g soaking with 3-4 cups of bleach in it for a week or two. It got dumped and sat outside for another week. I did the dechlor rinse and didn't have and survivors.

Try some clown loaches. They love snails.

Not in a 15gal They will outgrow a 180gal in no time!!!!!!!!!

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Not in a 15gal They will outgrow a 180gal in no time!!!!!!!!!

It depends on what you are using them for. I've bought 2" Clowns and they only grew another 2 inch in 2 years time. They were with my fronts and just had them to clean out excess food.

I would never do that to a clown loach!

KMX if you can borrow a few red jewels from someone for a month or so you wont have any snails in that tank. Mine are awesome for eating snails. I feed them snails as a treat.

I have one red jewel...maby i just use him

Yup put him in there till all snail signs are gone. If the snail is too big to fit in its mouth squish it. I would squish a few anyways to let him get a taste for them.

my tank is covered in those damn snails.. so what do I need? I can't stand them...

Some clow loaches...or some cichlids that eat the snails...Fern says her red jewels do the trick. Im going to clear out the tank and re due it.

Yellow labs & moorii whipe em out also!!!