Kuhli Loaches, Badis Badis And Harlequin Rasbora

[benjoey]

Hi my tank contains the following: 9 Hengeli Rasbora 4 halequin rasbora
It is 110 L and fully cycled for about 2-3 months.

I was wondering if anyone has any experience of keeping the following fish together:

Kuhli loaches, badis badis, Hengeli Rasbora and harlequin rasbora.
I ask this because I know that kuhli loaches are veryshy I thought that the very active rasboras might make the loaches even more shy?

I was also wondering if anyone has any experience of keeping badis? and its temperemant and hardiness? also availability?
thanks

 

[PDSimon]

loaches aren't shy if you keep them in groups of 6-8+(depends on tank size I suppose).

I have 8 loaches in my 100L tank and they aren't shy at all, they hide a bit more in the middle of the day because of the light but still roam around sifting through sand. Great at cleaning the substrate

 

[benjoey]

Well I'm thinking of getting 8-12 of them adding them at 4 a time. I will see how they do in a group of 8 and if they are active I think I'll not add anymore.

 

[PDSimon]

They're sitting around in dark spots most of the day, then in the evening they'll sift through sand and later evening they'll be swimming around quite a bit (atleast in my tank!).

Can't help you with the other questions but good luck

 

[OohFeeshy]

The badis might be a bit of a pain to feed, they're quite small and if I recall often don't take to dry food. It wouldn't surpise me if the rasboras would eat the food before they could get to it.