A lone Loach

[Muske]

A LFS has a "big" (4") CL for sale, three inches is about the max I've seen for sale. It's 30 bucks but is a loner. Is it worth buying knowing it will be a loner in my tank for a few months. I have four 1.5-2" in a growout situation and can't put them in the main tank yet. Will this loner be OK by himself for a while? Or should I pass?

 

[ewurm]

Buy it.

 

[Mystix212]

Buy it now as a guarentee and stick him in the grow-out tank with the other loaches.

 

[killerfish]

a lone loach is a sad loach so if you get it try to get it some friends quick

 

[JD_MAN]

Buy it.

You'll never hear ewurm tell you not to buy a loach...unless you are at a lfs with him.

 

[Lupin]

a lone loach is a sad loach so if you get it try to get it some friends quick

I concur.

 

[bill88]

buy it and keep it with the other loaches. a lonely loach is a sad loach....

 

[Muske]

Buy even though it is two to three times bigger than my others?
No troubles w/ the larger one bulling the smaller ones that are two to three times smaller?

 

[Ianab]

Buy even though it is two to three times bigger than my others?
No troubles w/ the larger one bulling the smaller ones that are two to three times smaller?

In a one on one situation it's possible. But with 5 loaches together any aggression gets spread out and is generally limited to 'playfighting'.

The big one will be the boss loach for sure, but they should be fine together

Cheers

Ian

 

[Muske]

I'll call the shop then.