I'm wondering... do weather (dojo) loaches eat live shrimp? What about the longnosed/horseface loach?
I'm asking because I'm overhauling my planted aquarium to get rid of algae. Among other things, I'd like to introduce lots of algae-eating shrimp: cherry shrimp, amano shrimp, or red crystal shrimp - whichever I can find. These are all small shrimp, and I don't want them to get eaten. I've had luck with bamboo shrimp, since they are much larger, but I think they are filter feeders and wouldn't be as useful in cleaning algae off plant leaves. My other fish are cardinal tetras, a cory cat, a rainbowfish, glass cats, and a zebra botia. I don't think any of these guys will go after shrimp.
I'm asking because I'm overhauling my planted aquarium to get rid of algae. Among other things, I'd like to introduce lots of algae-eating shrimp: cherry shrimp, amano shrimp, or red crystal shrimp - whichever I can find. These are all small shrimp, and I don't want them to get eaten. I've had luck with bamboo shrimp, since they are much larger, but I think they are filter feeders and wouldn't be as useful in cleaning algae off plant leaves. My other fish are cardinal tetras, a cory cat, a rainbowfish, glass cats, and a zebra botia. I don't think any of these guys will go after shrimp.