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Need Help Picking a Loach
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:13 pm
by Glostik
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
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:32 pm
by clownloach
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:45 pm
by newshound
clownloach wrote:Yeah good luck on that one. Loaches love shrimp and snails.
LOL!!!
I'd say a skunk, tiger or modesta
seriously though
perhaps a zebra, sid or a histronica. In a group of five at least.
As always...
YMMV.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:04 pm
by mikev
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:19 pm
by Glostik
I thought maybe a dwarf loach would be ok with the shrimp.