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Yoyo Loaches and Shrimp?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:23 am
by Cook.MN
I picked up a yoyo loach the other day (only one left at my LFS) and after doing some reading here I'm going to pick up a few buddies for him. However I would (if possible) like to have some shrimp in my tank and was wondering if anyone had any success keeping shrimp with these guys and if so what kind.
Thanks
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:29 am
by random2
I have ghost shrimps with yoyos. They dont bother each other. But I think there wont be much of any chances of shrimps breeding. Im not sure of much smaller shrimps like the cherrys. But looking at normal behavior of yoyos, im tempted at trying it.
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:03 am
by helen nightingale
the way mine gobble up prawns, i wouldnt risk it, but other people have managed, so you might
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:49 pm
by Ashleigh
helen nightingale wrote:the way mine gobble up prawns
Thats the first thing that popped into my head... not a chance I would be willing to tank anyway-it will only take a taste of one shrimp for them to start picking the off.
Ashleigh
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:26 pm
by newshound
I had a ghost shrimp last about two months in one of my tanks.
The other shrimp didn't last a day.
SEARCH AND DESTROY!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:04 pm
by Diana
Forget it.
While the odd Yoyo might leave shrimp alone, this is not normal for them.
If you want to try, get the cheapest (Ghosts, usually) and if they live, then try whichever you want.
My money is on the Yoyos.
Re: Yoyo Loaches and Shrimp?
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:14 pm
by Batch
Cook.MN wrote:I would (if possible) like to have some shrimp in my tank and was wondering if anyone had any success keeping shrimp with these guys and if so what kind.
Thanks
Hey,
In my 55 gal (with a 20gal connected via a bridge) I have 9 yo-yos and tiger barbs. I started adding ghost shrimp. When th ebarbs were younger, they would eat them pretty quickly. Now (barbs are ~2 years old) they dont seem as interested in the live shrimp. I have another tank that is overrun with red cherry shrimp, so I tossed a dozen or so in the yo-yo tank... and
now there are quite a few cherry shrimp in there (dozens)! So, yes I've had great success! Noone is more surprised than me by this.
I've also had a Atya gabonensis in there for nearly a year and no-one bothers him. (He's ~3" long).
Diana wrote:My money is on the Yoyos.
WE both would have lost money on that bet.
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