Loaches, Corys, Synodontis, Shrimp?

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Roland6543

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I am trying to sort out my stocking strategy of bottom dwellers and would like to hear from members with actual experience with some of these combinations.

I really like having some critters and currently have about 10 Ghost shrimp. Which of the following families/species are compatible based upon experience?

Yoyo or Zebra loaches
Corys (school of Sterbas, Pandas or Adolfos)
Synadontis petricola school (cuckoo catfish)

I have an extremely well filtered 75 g tank and want two species of bottom dwelling fish in addition to the shrimp.
 
I have found some people saying that synodontis will live with ghost shrimp, but I'm not sure if that's based upon fact, experience or assumption.

Have you had a tank where the synodontis have eaten the shrimp?
 
No I have an Eclipse Catfish similiar to Syndotis and he ate guppies and shrimp are way smaller.
 
Petricola are a lot smalle than the eclupse. I think they'll get 2-3 inches max in a tank. Do you think that will still be a problem.
 
I think 3 SA Bumble Bee Catfish would work. They max out at 3 inches.
 

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SA bumble bee goby looks cool. Yeah most catfish would eat shrimp. Cories and plecos are an exeption.
 
Which are the largest Cory's. Since I have a large tank I would like bottom dwellers of a reasonable size.

I remember reading that the largest species of cories ... Emerald cories I think ... Can reach 5 inches. I see them at LFS's and they are noticeably larger.
 
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