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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / August 2005clown loaches and p. saulosi
I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rock with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at a unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I wa wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi -- nmbr1ddy > I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks > with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an > unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was > wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi? Assuming that the loaches are not gargantuan, which is unlikely due to the price, and that the Saulosi's don't go postal (i.e. extraordinarily agressive) I wouldn't expect problems, I've seen lots of well-established mbuna tanks with clown botias in them. Mind you the (unlikely) danger, in case your loaches prepare to spawn, in that highly-unlikely event, your saulosi's might just become dinner. Hth /Tommi I prefer to keep fish from a similar habitat together. With saulosi from Lake Malawi and Clown loaches from Asia, I'd stay away from that. Plus saulosi are dwarf Mbuna whereas CL's can attain quite a large size and potentially beat up on them. Plus saulosi are high pH and hard water fish whereas CL's need soft water and slightly akaline conditions. I'd say don't go with that mix. > I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks > with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an > unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was > wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi? > I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks > with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an > unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was > wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi? The smaller the tank, the lower the probability that they will co-habitate well once the mbuna start breeding. In a large tank with plenty of hiding spots, the situation is much improved. Eventually grown mbuna fry will start to make the tank 'small' again, but having been raised with the long-lived botia, they will probably be much more tolerant of them. jmo  Signaturewww.NetMax.tk |
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