are blue (orange finned) loaches mean?

magakitty

magakitty

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I have found a couple of dead and mangled fish in the semi agressive tank, but the blue loach is the only one I see going after any other fish - when they come anywhere near his rock. Every dead fish has been close to his rock, and I will spare you the details, but it is pretty gross what they look like when the culprit is finished with them.

Can I put the loach in with the cichlids instead? I have lost two of my pearl gouramis this way. And a month or so ago I lost 2 zebra loaches as well in this manner.
 
Hi Magakitty.

Yasuhikotakia modesta is an extremely aggressive fish. I would advise against placing them with any cichlids for various reasons. While they may be able to defend themselves against the belligerence of the cichlids, they prefer currents and will not tolerate having their territories invaded by cichlids.

They are best kept in a Grrr tank along with several other aggressive loaches such as Yasuhikotakia eos, Yasuhikotakia morleti, loaches of Syncrossus genus and other well-know aggressive loaches.

Just as a side note, it is wrong to place them with clown loaches and other peaceful botiine loaches such as Botia striata, Botia dario, Botia histrionica, Botia kubotai, Botia almorhae and Botia rostrata.

I lost two of my Botia almorhae to a similar situation with Yasuhikotakia morleti.
 
For starters keeping a single Yasuhikotakia modesta is cruel and inviting disaster with other fish species.

They are highly sociable fish that absolutely must have others of their species to interact with. If they don't, their natural territorial defense mechanisms will be directed at the other fish species.

Read this profile:

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/yasuhikotakia-modesta

It explains the sociological needs and aggressiveness.

Martin.
 
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