Do Clown Loaches eat shrimp?

[TonyN]

I have two Clown Loaches that are about two inches long now. I know that they eat snails, but how about shrimp? I can never seem to keep shrimp. They just seem to dissapear. Do you think the Loaches are eating them?

 

[OrionGirl]

Yes. Clowns will happily munch on just about anything crunchy they can catch, including most crustaceans. I don't think juveniles would be able to eat a crayfish, but the cray might be able to hurt them.

 

[Nuriel]

Yes, my clowns love ghost shrimp, shrimp pellets, dried shrimp, frozen brine....pretty much anything that has a shell, with the exception of the obvious (crabs, larger hermit crabs, crawfish)

 

[AikidoGuy]

I often feed my large cichlids raw jumbo shrimp and my clown loaches eagerly eat up the scraps and even try to stell the shrimp from my cichlids.