Loaches + shrimp

[sWozzAres]

Will clown loaches eat shrimp?

Since their favourite food is, apparently brine shrimp then I am suspecting the answer is yes but if this is the case, do they eat all types of shrimp?

 

[basil]

Yes they do. And clown loach get big, so even the adult shrimp will be fair game.

 

[Greg's Pea]

If your tank is planted enough and a decent size you should still be able to keep a good colony in there though.

 

[sussex_cichlids]

Ive not tried this with shrimp and to be honest expensive experiment unless you breed your own shrimp!

Its been said you cannot keep snails with loaches but i have now been keeping Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki (Dwarf Chain Loach) with a few Neritina natalensis sp (Zebra Nerite Snail) with no problems i wouldn't try this with clowns tho they will see them as dinner instantly. as for keeping shrimp with clowns i would advise against it.

 

[Antipofish]

How about dwarf chain loach ? I hear they eat small snails too. And they stay small unlike clown loach. I love these little guys.

 

[sWozzAres]

Just for future reference, I can confirm that it will take 2 days for 3 medium size clown loaches to find and eat 10 amano shrimp in a fully planted 350l aquarium

 

[Ady34]

Hi, sorry for going slightly off topic, but im considering getting some zebra loaches to eat my snails (which are eating some of my plants). I have amano shrimp and a couple of bee shrimp..... whats the concensus on these loaches dining on shrimp?
Cheers,
Ady.

 

[Aquadream]

Loaches + shrimp = only loaches

 

[Antipofish]

Hi, sorry for going slightly off topic, but im considering getting some zebra loaches to eat my snails (which are eating some of my plants). I have amano shrimp and a couple of bee shrimp..... whats the concensus on these loaches dining on shrimp?
Cheers,
Ady.

I reckon they would scoff them mate.

 

[Antipofish]

Just for future reference, I can confirm that it will take 2 days for 3 medium size clown loaches to find and eat 10 amano shrimp in a fully planted 350l aquarium

Oops, that was an expensive dinner !

 

[hinch]

any type of loach will eat pretty much any type of cuc. think the only real exception if the "hillstream loach" which is actually a type of plec not loach

 

[Antipofish]

any type of loach will eat pretty much any type of cuc. think the only real exception if the "hillstream loach" which is actually a type of plec not loach

I have often wondered why they are even called loaches. They sure as hell don't look like them, lol.

 

[awtong]

any type of loach will eat pretty much any type of cuc. think the only real exception if the "hillstream loach" which is actually a type of plec not loach

I understood that them being a plec is a mis-conception as they are actually in the Balitoridae family and not a sucker mouth catfish like plecs are.

I have one in my tank left over from a coldwater tank. They are very amusing to watch.

 

[hinch]

true but I believe the concensus is that they're closer to a plec than a loach they're abit of an odd one evolved to live in a very specific environment just the loach name is a little misleading

 

[awtong]

I would say physiologically and behaviourally that I would agree with that but its all down to the sucker mouth vs the modified ventral fin sucker. They definitely have more ressemblance to the Loricariids than the Botidae.

Andy

 

[LondonDragon]

We just keep repeating, if it can fit in their mouths they will eat it, no matter which fish