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No! My Yo-yo's and Clowns are in a 560L tank, it's just tiny little stuff in this tank.

Thanks all for your helpful advice, I'll cut back the food, increase water changes, keep pulling the snails out and avoid nasty snail killing chemicals.

re my snail problem: Yes they are Malaysian trumpet snails. The tank is just 60L, there are 2 bristlenoses, 2 dwarf flame and 1 sparkling gourami, 3 dwarf chain loaches, 3 kuhlis, 1 siamese algae eater, 3 ember tetras and 1 harliquin tetra (I feel terrible about him being on his own, but his is a ...

They could't have been more than 3 years old.

As for the snails - I've tried that approach using cucumber and got rid of heaps, but this is a really BIG problem. The last few nights they've been acting wierd and gathering on the glass at the surface - I must have disposed of more than 1000, but ...

I have two quick questions-

What is the average lifespan of a yo-yo loach? I just lost 4 :cry: that were all the same age - some younger ones and all other fish in my tank (including clown loaches) are perfectly happy.

Secondly, my small community tank has a SERIOUS snail problem. I am considering ...