Do Clown Loaches munch on Algae Eating Shrimp?

[betowess]

I bought three algae eating shrimp (not ghost shrimp) yesterday. I saw one briefly this morning, but never saw it again. Do clown loaches eat such a thing. I forgot to ask before I bought them? It wouldn't be much of a snack for them, but kind of an expensive mistake for me.
Sort of LOL

 

[Guest]

If they are large Clown's they will eat them. But then again Amano shrimp are really good at hiding in the tank.

 

[betowess]

Yeah!!! All three shrimps surfaced tonight after a water change.The clown loaches are pretty young and small. The biggest is a little over 2.5 inches long I'm guessing. The clowns don't seem to want to go after a really big snail which doesn't seem to breed, thank goodness re snail offspring.

So they're called Amano shrimp. I'll look that up. Thanks Rex!

 

[madasafish]

Yeah, they're prob. amanos. Those are the second most popular shrimp around, really. Bamboos, cherries and a few other species are sold, too. Here's a decent pic: http://www.frankmgreco.com/breeding_amano_shrimp.htm

 

[Farrah]

One of our amanos died- not sure why or how... we thought maybe it was our clown loaches but I don't think so. The loaches leave the amanos alone in my tank and my loaches aren't tiny.