I have a mini-size snail (pond snails?) problem so got 3 pea puffers help out a bit.
Background Info:
I have my 45G tank divided into 25/75 with cherry shrimp in smaller 25% side of the divider by themselves. I introduced 3 pea puffers on the bigger side, where I also have had a zebra loach, 2 dojo loaches, female bristlenose, rasboras, pygmy cories, and endlers for quite awhile.
I do weekly 25% water changes with about ~15ml aquarium salt, temp is 22-25C.
As you can imagine on the big side there are not many snails, from the zebra loach I guess. But on the shrimp side there are more snails everyday!
The plan was to add a puffer to the shrimp side to keep the snail population in check. 3 days after adding the 3 pea puffers (1 male & 2 females) to the big side of my tank, both females died and the male is probably dead somewhere too (tank is heavily planted and decorated with driftwood).
I have no idea why all the pea's died!
So I have two questions:
1 - Why did the puffers die?
2 - More importantly - what can I add to the shrimp side to reduce the snail population without eating the cherries too. I was thinking maybe a skunk loach?
Any advice is appreciated!
