I love nerite snails and I'd be more than happy to add them to my tank, however I have 10 loaches. "Yoyo loaches get their name from the patterns on their bodies. report. save. I have 2 flying oxes (siamese algae eaters) to help it a little, but I dont necessarily want another pleco (I have one in my other tank). Size and Lifespan These Snails will live about 12 to 16 months when kept in water at a temperature of 82 degrees F. Yoyo Loach. Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. The pattern spells out 'Yo Yo'." Yoyo loach vs large mystery snails. hide. They do a great job eating all of the small snails but will they also eat nerite snails? The snails are small, a size my clown loaches in another tank would feast on. I have a bunch of snails in my 46 gal bowfront. Please limit feeding as overfeeding is the main cause of overpopulation and manually remove the snails. Sort by. I wouldn't consider loaches to clean up the snails. Your dwarf chain, like others of the botia family, will prey on tiny snails the size of pond snails, which is very useful in reducing snail … … i need to know a bit of background info on these yoyo loaches. Discussion/Article. best. Mystery snails, on the other hand, are more like pets than janitors, ... yoyo loaches, or even dwarf chain loaches. share. 0 comments. I got a couple of YoYo loaches about a month ago thinking they would clean them out in no time. I have 4 3" sinibotia pulchra and 6 2" yoyo loaches. Within a week of the purchases, I've noticed the yoyo loaches have decimated the snail populations in one tank where there is an actual grave yard of shells in the corner of the tank. Or do they generally target smaller snails like ramshorns an nerites. Wrong. Ive got a pair of mystery snails in my 55 gallon, and was considering getting 3 or 4 yoyo loaches to put in the tank as ive heard their real characters, but whilst the store sells them at only 4cm long, i am aware they can approach 6 inches in length at adult size and are used to control snail populations. i was going to get clown loaches but they get too big for the tank. Puffers, Clown Loaches, and Yoyo Loaches love to eat Snails, but the Snails shown on this page are usually too big for most fish to eat. Ive thought about getting a large mystery snail, but I worry about my loaches. Will yoyo loaches attack/kill large mystery snails? They are fairly small, but they are snail devourers. The dwarf loach would be a better choice, as these only get to be 2.5 inches, but the smaller size limits how large of snails they'll be able to eat. this tank contains 4 pepered cory's, 12 zebra danio's, and 3 gourami's. The dwarf chain loach is a two (2) inches long fish that is an equally amiable and a good alternative to the zebra and yoyo loach in small aquariums in need of an effective snail-eater. im going to put some yoyo loaches in my 47 gallon vertical tank. Squish the snails and feed the crushed body to … ... We like the bristlenose or bushy nose pleco because they only get 4 to 5 inches long and are great cleaners that eat algae, scavenge for food, and keep driftwood clean. If you wanted to try locahes, I'd get at least 3 of the dwarfs, but don't be surprised if the go after the gammarus as well. They don’t seem to be interested in them at all. I have a 28 gallon tank that has a pretty hefty algae problem. They only grow to around half the size of the clown loach, making them much better for most community tanks. If you are among the many for whom the clown loach is a poor choice, consider the yoyo loach instead. 100% Upvoted. 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