Thanks for the reply! I have more snails that I can shake a stick at! I assume they're mystery snails; they piggy backed on a couple of my plants. So if the LFS still has the little guys I should pick up a few more? Only thing that stinks is when they get to big, about 3-4" I'm going to have to sell them back. At the rate there're feeding that will take a while!they may be afraid of the new "larger" space than what was at the store.
try buying a few mystery snails and when the loaches find them, they should eat them.
i think they may feel more comfortable if they had a larger group, 5 or more.
Thanks for the link! Alot of good information. Maybe the light is bugging them. I have a 165 CF. One of the 4 loaches better start eating the sails or I'm going to start hunting myself!My clown loaches eat more at night and seem to like having a place to hide during the day. You might want to make sure there are some "under driftwood" hidey holes for them where they'll feel comfortable and you might try dropping in a few pellets for bottom feeders at lights-out. Mine happily devoured every pond snail in the tank in just a couple of days, so if you notice your snail population dropping, it might be a good indicator that they're eating (or that the dojo loaches are doing a bang-up job!) Good luck -- and you might check out this site for more info: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/clown-loach-chromobotia-macracanthus
