Clown Loaches with Cherry Shrimp (Breeding)

[Ace Aquascapes]

Hi Friends,
Good to see that the Loach topic acutally has a site and forum.

My cherry shrimps have started breeding, and after searching the internet, i realized that no fish should be kept with cherry shirmps else they would eat the babies. i have a heavily planted tank with small snails which came with the plants.

Q- Can any one please advice me if i should keep the clown loaches, are they eating the baby shrimps too ? has anyone experienced ??

Thank you.

[chefkeith]

Most fish will eat shrimp babies if given the chance, clown loaches especially.

[redshark1]

Forget the shrimps, keep Clown Loaches. There is no comparison.

[NancyD]

keep the shrimp in10g tank & the clown loaches in a 150g. Then feed extra shrimp to the loaches, they'll love them!

[joeybab3]

Definitely, the clowns are much better, would you rather have an explorative fish or a couple of shrimp that spend all their time eating

[Arden]

the clowns will absolutly eat the shrimp. I feed mine ghost shrimp all the time... cheaper than buying snails... lol