Clown Loach And Shrimps

[oscar52]

Simple question.....

Can these be safely kept together? No idea what shrimp cos they aitn mine, but they have been rehoused temporarily as ownr doesnt wnat them to become "munchies"

 

[Mad Duff]

I do know from experiance that given half a chance a Clown loach will happily snack on ammano shrimp.

 

[wendywc]

I've seen other types of loaches eat shrimp... I'm pretty sure clown loaches would too.

 

[deni]

My two clown loaches totally ignored the three amano shrimp. Mind you the clowns I had weren't that big (around three inches) and they were pretty lazy, probably too well-fed to go after the shrimps. Now have yo-yo loaches and definately wouldn't chance amano shrimps with them!

 

[smithrc]

ours co exist peacefully

we have 9 clowns ranging from 2 - 5" and 8 or so amano shrimp.

we'll be adding a LOT more shrimp soon as they are great little clean up guys

 

[jim566]

as above 4 clowns (4"-5") and 4 amano shrimp (1") never been a problem infact i've seen a shrimp jump onto one of the clowns

 

[Fillet 'O' Fish]

Ive got 2 3" clowns living with amano shrimp and no problems to date (fingers crossed)