Can Clown Loaches Live With Mbuna?

[odannyboy]

read on cichlid forum.com that "botia species can make good companions for mbuna" i know it georaphically wrong but could that work? i love clown loaches and dont really want to let mine go cos mbuna are coming.water would be a bit hard tho in my opinion?! how do mbuna react to plecs and syno's do they just ignore them? finally will synos eat mbuna fry?cheers!

 

[chishnfips]

Synos are ok with mbuna because they require the same parameters, synos come from (as fas I am aware) fast flowing mountain rivers with hard water and a high PH. I am unsure whether they would eat the fry or not. Probably not.

As for the botia I dont know, do they not need soft water

someone else will give you better advice though lol.