Loaches Online Forum

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if skunk loaches would harass a bamboo or filter shrimp?

Thanks,
Taylor

Hi Taylor,
Unfortunately that would be a terrible combination - the shrimp would be harrassed to death. Skunks really need to be kept only with robust species of the same aggressive temperament.
Emma

Ok, I can make that compromise. I'd rather have the skunks than the shrimp.

Thanks Emma,
Taylor

Large group them .They get mean when older and comfortable in their tank. Re decoration helps. I would think they might do good with Syncrossus helodes and was thinking of adding some myself but they are the devil.....

I recently found, and of course, had to purchase two skunks...mostly because they never have anything but clowns in my little berg of a town. I put them in a qtank with lots of hiding places. They never left each other alone. I was amazed that such a small, cute fish could be so ruthless! Unfortunately, they contracted ich and I couldn't save them in time, as they had taken to spending ALL of their time hiding from one another and I didn't see it at first. Not a fish for the faint of heart! Martin doesn't call them 'punk loaches' for nothing! I would imagine they would destroy even a hardy shrimp.


Kate