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Glostik
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Need Help Picking a Loach

Post by Glostik » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:13 pm

I need a loach that meets these requirements , none may exist but Id like to find one close.

1. Remove all the pesky snails in my planted tank.
2. Be ok in a 33 Long.
3. Be friendly with the shrimp in the tank. Tiger, Cherry, Amano and Bamboo.

I guess my main concern is finding one that wont eat my shrimp.

Thanks

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Post by clownloach » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:32 pm

My opinion, I don't think you should be after clownloaches, because they do eat the shrimp too.

Maybe you could borrow some clowns and move your shrimp to a smaller tank for a week, then give back the loaches and put back the shrimp.
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Post by newshound » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:45 pm

clownloach wrote:Yeah good luck on that one. Loaches love shrimp and snails.
LOL!!!
I'd say a skunk, tiger or modesta :twisted:
seriously though
perhaps a zebra, sid or a histronica. In a group of five at least.
As always...
YMMV.
drain your pool!

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Post by mikev » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:04 pm

This is a simple one, really.

I guess my main concern is finding one that wont eat my shrimp.

A dead loach, available in most fish stores.

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More seriously, even large clown loaches would have problems with armored cameroon shrimp (Atyopsis gabonensis). Other shrimps you have are living on borrowed time.

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Post by Glostik » Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:19 pm

I thought maybe a dwarf loach would be ok with the shrimp.
400G Loach Tank - 150G Sump
150G Loach Tank - 37G Sump
75G Planted Shrimp Tank
20G x 2 - Planted Shrimp Tanks
10G Quarantine

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