> A question about the loaches though. Is there a loach from OZ that would do
> the trick? When local or exotic loaches have eliminated the snails, would
> they go grubbing after rainbow eggs? Would they bother fry?
None are native. All but one(?) are illegal to import also. Loaches don't
seem to ever eradicate snails completely. We had a 50 gallon tank with ~15
skunk botias, and as soon as we took them out (after a year) little snails
appeared absolutely all over the tank.
Cheers
Peter