what do you feed your botias/loaches? - Aquarium Advice

SeymourFRESH · 04-07-2006, 11:39 PM

hey i just got 3 zebra botias and 2 yo yo loaches. i've been reading about them, and every website says the same thing: they eat anything.

whenever i feed though, i give them shrimp pelets, but they barely touch them...they seem more interested in roaming through the substrate

i was considering live worms but i don't know anything about them...about to do some research on that!
i was just wondering if any of you had anything you prefered to feed your loaches in specific?

Lonewolfblue · 04-07-2006, 11:41 PM

Shrimp pellets, algae (Vegi) wafers, flake food, vegi flake, and they love frozen blood worms and brine shrimp. Also, if you feed your other fish excess flake food, no need to clean up the excess from the bottom, the loaches will clean it up for you, as long as it's not too much excess for the loaches as well.

lovemybarbs · 04-07-2006, 11:50 PM

Freeze drived brine shrimp, frozen blood worms or tropical crisp flakes. Mine doesn't seem to care for the algae wafers.

RoK · 04-08-2006, 02:56 AM

How long have you had them? Are they eating at all?
Mine love live blackworms, they slurp 'em up like spaghetti.

Lonewolfblue · 04-08-2006, 03:24 AM

Just make sure you feed a well balanced diet.

04-07-2006, 11:39 PM	#1
SeymourFRESH Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 378 Images: 8	what do you feed your botias/loaches? hey i just got 3 zebra botias and 2 yo yo loaches. i've been reading about them, and every website says the same thing: they eat anything. whenever i feed though, i give them shrimp pelets, but they barely touch them...they seem more interested in roaming through the substrate i was considering live worms but i don't know anything about them...about to do some research on that! i was just wondering if any of you had anything you prefered to feed your loaches in specific?

04-07-2006, 11:41 PM	#2
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Shrimp pellets, algae (Vegi) wafers, flake food, vegi flake, and they love frozen blood worms and brine shrimp. Also, if you feed your other fish excess flake food, no need to clean up the excess from the bottom, the loaches will clean it up for you, as long as it's not too much excess for the loaches as well. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

04-08-2006, 02:56 AM	#4
RoK Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,224 Images: 11	How long have you had them? Are they eating at all? Mine love live blackworms, they slurp 'em up like spaghetti. __________________ Current fish (includes all 8 running tanks): Gouramis, polypterids, SA cichlids, convicts, rainbows, plecos, loaches, ACFs, a platy, tetra, & a Ctenopoma

04-08-2006, 03:24 AM	#5
Lonewolfblue Planted Geek Community Mentor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wenatchee, WA Posts: 7,871 Images: 7	Just make sure you feed a well balanced diet. __________________ 26G Medium Planted Community - 65W CF Lighting - Emperor 280 Bio-Wheel - Established Feb 2004 55G Aggressive Community - Filstar XP3 - Established Dec 2005 75G Heavily Planted - Pressurized CO2, 520W Lighting, Filstar XP3 with spraybar - Established Feb 2006 29G Planted - 130W Lighting, Filstar XP2 with spraybar - Established May 2006 5 10G Tanks - Various setups - Tanks Established May-Sep 2006. 3 currently empty. 5.5G Crypt/Java Fern Tank - Established Oct 2006 My 29G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=78469 My 75G Thread : http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=70764 My 75G Makeover Thread: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=87691

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04-07-2006, 11:50 PM	#3
lovemybarbs Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 856 Images: 5	Freeze drived brine shrimp, frozen blood worms or tropical crisp flakes. Mine doesn't seem to care for the algae wafers.

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