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Pangong_ilong
12-18-2005, 10:50 PM
I am wondering if i can add a loach to my tank w/ ray? I have a motoro ray, and a loach is a bottom dweller too. And i saw this loach on my lfs, about 4" and he look so nice. Nice color and stuff. Can I get any problems w/ them(loaches) if i add them as tankmates?
We have a shoal of 8 large ( 7-8" ) clown loaches in with our juvenile rays and they go well with them, but clown loaches are a shoaling species and stress when you have just one.
Clown loaches are also quite susceptible to whitespot when stressed.
They add colour and movement to the tank
Pangong_ilong
12-19-2005, 11:28 PM
I was thinking about getting 8 of them. My ray i know love live fish. I think i can have the loaches for a while and then move them to another tank.
spoonman
12-20-2005, 6:07 AM
They mix very well. I have 7 of them from 4 to 8 inches. My rays are 12 to 14" and I have had no problems at all. I do feed my rays very well so I am sure that helps. Also, I have not had any problems with ich, but I have always had an uv sterilizer.
Cyclop3000
12-20-2005, 6:14 AM
Well I have only one in a 130g, it's about 5-6" now. Doing fine on it's own, was never stressed since I have him alone. They are fine fish, i like them a lot. They do grow slow tho, so watch the rays.
dapike1979
12-20-2005, 12:13 PM
:D :D I have 4 in my 225 g tank with a jard,2 plecos,2 blood parrot's, 1 hystrix stingray. they seem to be getting along!! theve been together for 5 months. :grinyes:
redtailfool
12-25-2005, 11:49 PM
looking for clowns now that are big enough not to be swallowed by a 12 inch ray.
Pangong_ilong
01-17-2006, 3:44 PM
Found 2 clown loaches. They are about 4-5". All i need now are 6 of them. Beautiful color too.
dapike1979
01-17-2006, 4:49 PM
Watch for there spine!! It would be hard on a ray trying to swallow!! :D
Pangong_ilong
01-17-2006, 6:42 PM
Watch for there spine!! It would be hard on a ray trying to swallow!! :D
Yup. I noticed it when i put them in the tank.
hewhorunswithscissors
01-27-2006, 1:04 PM
???? Clown loaches get 12" or more. easy to find 4-6" ones... actually, if you got the $$ its easy to find 10" ones. Won't be a problem with a ray.
Honda12
02-07-2006, 8:15 PM
I have 6 clown loaches and a dario loache in with my 8in P. reticulata and they all get along fine. The loaches also get the blackworms that get stuck in the drift wood.