loaches for my large tank?

[ali12345]

Hi,
I currently have a bit of a problem with my filament barbs breeding quite prolifically. Even though the tank is 500 gallons I can't keep that many large fish. I think the eggs are scattered over plants and somehow survive. I am thinking that smallish loaches might be able to forage for the eggs. Any ideas ? A shoal of 8 would be easily done if they aren't too pricey. I already have clown loaches but they don't seem to be successful and are maybe too big for this job. The tank is a standard non aggressive community of fish 3" to 8" with the tank at 25 C, pH about 7.
Alison

[Diana]

I think Kubotai Loaches would be perfect in this set up.
They are peaceful toward other species, playful among themselves and showy in the tank. They do not hide very much. They are much smaller than Clown Loaches, so you can stock more of them without them taking over all the bioload space in the tank.

A more aggressive species is the Yoyo Loach. I would not trust them with small fish, though. They ate Neon Tetras before the Yoyos were adult size. I have no idea what size fish an adult Yoyo could eat.

[ali12345]

Thanks - that is useful information.