Loach tank mates?

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I got my sids from Frank and they arrived in excellent condition, despite sitting on my porch for most of the afternoon in 40 degree weather.

One problem I see is temp. My sids prefer around 78F while I believe dojos are best suited for cooler water.

Other than that I highly recommend a school of cherry barbs and/or harlequin rasboras as tankmates.

Yeah, jpappy got the temp thing down, sids & dojos are not compatible. Maybe some cool water danios or barbs with the dojos. & like pappy said tropical little rasboras etc with the sids.

I have gotten fish from http://www.invertzfactory.com/stocklist.htm & they have sids. They're the only place I've gotten mail order fish (twice).

That temps a little on the high side, I would think. You should just stick to some barbs or danios that enjoy the cooler temps then.

Get the dojo some dojo friends like you plan. They like their own species to play with. I think there are some other cool temp loaches but I don't know what might be available or compatible. I don't have a cold temp tank so I'm not sure but some corys like it cool & might work.

Rosy barbs or odessa barbs like cooler temps & would be ok with dojos. Goldfish are another choice.

It's usually not a good idea to keep tropical & cold water species together even if there is a small overlap. Not really optimum for either. There's also that big size difference 8+ vs 2 inches