Loaches, Corys, Synodontis, Shrimp?

[Roland6543]

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.

 

[vanimal]

I would go with cories a syndotis could eat your shrimp.

 

[Roland6543]

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?

 

[vanimal]

No I have an Eclipse Catfish similiar to Syndotis and he ate guppies and shrimp are way smaller.

 

[Roland6543]

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.

 

[vanimal]

I think 3 SA Bumble Bee Catfish would work. They max out at 3 inches.

 

[bettaowner]

SA bumble bee goby looks cool. Yeah most catfish would eat shrimp. Cories and plecos are an exeption.

 

[Roland6543]

Which are the largest Cory's. Since I have a large tank I would like bottom dwellers of a reasonable size.

 

[jcolon]

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.