Loaches Cory's Synodontis and Shrimp

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roland6543

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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.

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roland6543

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Bump...... anybody?

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megoto

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I had zebra loaches and peppered cories in my 75 the got along great and watching them play around was cool. The loaches would play in there group and the cories would play in there own group. I also had 6 black kuhli's in with them.
 

roland6543

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Did you have shrimp with them? I've been getting feedback that shrimp simply won't work out with loaches.

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megoto

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No I didn't they will eat the shrimp. My son thought it would be cool to put a few ghost shrimp in an they didn't last long at all.
 

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My 3-lined cores leave my amano shrimp alone, which are about the same size as adult ghost shrimp.
 

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RCS or other neocardinia shrimp may work better, as they can reproduce to offset being eaten. It may still not work out depending on the other tankmates.
 
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