Loaches and shrimp

[Fishninja]

Would polka dot or kuhli loaches kill and or eat red cherry shrimp

 

[aquarium_Guru]

I haven't seen my khuli loach kill any of my shrimp

 

[Rivercats]

Kuhli loaches and the nano sized Burmese Rosy Loaches are two of the shrimp safe loaches.

 

[Fishninja]

What about polka dot loaches

 

[Coursair]

Kuhli loaches and the nano sized Burmese Rosy Loaches are two of the shrimp safe loaches.

They'll still eat baby RCS. But adults should be ok. My friend keeps losing RCS in her Rosy Loach tank.

 

[Fishninja]

They'll still eat baby RCS. But adults should be ok. My friend keeps losing RCS in her Rosy Loach tank.

What is RCS

 

[aquandrew]

What is RCS

Red Cherry Shrimp

 

[Fishninja]

Red Cherry Shrimp

What shrimp do u think r ok to have with tiger barbs and an albino rainbow shark

 

[Kimlafeiet]

In my personal experience, the polka dot loach will eat the shrimp, regardless of size. I have a less than 2 inch polka dot (angelicus botia) and it did infact eat all 6 of my cherry shrimp, adult size, as well as my ghost shrimp.

 

[aquandrew]

What shrimp do u think r ok to have with tiger barbs and an albino rainbow shark

tiger barbs and rainbow sharks are both aggressive and will eat anything that fits in its mouth. how long has the tank been set up? if its over 6 months you could do a bamboo shrimp, they are much bigger than cherry shrimp

 

[Rivercats]

They'll still eat baby RCS. But adults should be ok. My friend keeps losing RCS in her Rosy Loach tank.

How odd I have 12 in a planted 55 with Yellow shrimp and no problems. Now any tiny snails are fair bait tho. Maybe it's because my nano tank is so large is why I don't have problems.

 

[Rivercats]

What about polka dot loaches

No, they will go after shrimp. I have 6 in my 220g.

 

[Fishninja]

So shrimp with a rainbow shark and tiger barbs is a no go

 

[Coursair]

How odd I have 12 in a planted 55 with Yellow shrimp and no problems. Now any tiny snails are fair bait tho. Maybe it's because my nano tank is so large is why I don't have problems.

You can get away with a lot in a big tank and yours is well planted.

There will always be exceptions. And Id certainly trust Rosy Loaches over most other species.

All I know is I had over 100 RCS before introducing fish. Now I have adults and see a couple of juveniles, but I never see babies
And all mine are Nano fish species.