Picked up five Yoyo`s

I have been keeping CA cichlids for most of my life. Recently I have kind of grown weary of their propensity to kill one another so I bought some barbs for a fifty gallon to see if they bored me. I found them to be interesting and well peaceful. Then I started thinking I would add something for diversity and loaches came to mind so I went to the LFS to see what they had. Knowing loaches actually like each other I was disappointed to see he only had two Yoyo loaches. I told the owner I would like at least five fish. I left empty handed. A week later I went back and he had brought in three more so I grabbed them.

These guys have been a hoot to watch. They are about 2.5 inches at this time. They will hang together for a while then spread out. Sometimes they follow the barbs but I have never seen them bite one. It is nice to have five fish of the same species without them killing each other!

I am wondering about the growth rate on these guys and the possibility of breeding them down the road, a big attraction of cichlids.

I have had them for about three weeks now; I had them a while before I posted. They have been entertaining to watch to say the least. These are the first loaches I have owned in many, many years. As already mentioned I have been a cichlid addict most of my life. I think this tank is at carrying capacity with the barbs, especially once they put on some size. I am in the process of bringing more tanks on line as I currently have four fifty gallon tanks and an assortment of smaller tanks in the garage. I have made some changes in my business that allows me the option of having more tanks. As I bring them in they will have barbs to cycle them then different species of loaches because I love the variety!

Well I lost one of my Yoyo loaches to skinny-ness. I medicated the tank in an attempt to save him but no go. The remaining four all look good and eat like little piggies.

I researched it on the web and found there is a treatment recommended but no one claimed it was anymore than something to try. The rest of the herd seems to be fine still. The one thing I noticed was how hard that poor loach seemed to fight to hang on. He was removed before he could be dined on and disposed of.