Tigrinus and Clown Loaches

[Mr Pleco]

I have been know to over stock and over filter. But lately I am getting away from that. I am in the current process of restocking my 180 gallon tank. Sold or gave away pretty much everything of my stock. Right now current plans are a school of discus and a silver arowana along with an ornate bichir. Tonight as my 90 is being taken down I moved a school of 10 clown loaches to the tank sizes range from 4" to 12". Later this week early next week I will be getting my hands on a hopefully true tig. From an undisclosed location. James no talking about it . My question is I know eventually the tig will become a problem as it will get bigger and cause problems with the loaches and discus as it is a predator. Has anyone had any success stocking a tig with discus and clown loaches??? The tig size will be in a holding tank as it should be around 3 to 5 inches. Until I know it is good and ready and wont be snack food for the 11' ornate bichir.

Any input would be great

 

[albyoscar]

Dude i wont say anything , but i was just messin with you , the only problem i could see is the nitrate that a big tig ,ornate and aro could create but theres products that can take care of that and of course a rigorous waterchanging schedule . but we`ll see what the experts say

 

[xxt2goodxx]

kiss your loaches good bye

 

[ewurm]

I also would be concerned for the loaches safety if that Tigrinus has any size, and eventually it will be able to swallow those loaches.

 

[badfish]

My loaches are the only thing keeping me from getting a tig , i had a lfs in china town tell me that most cats wont eat loach something about sum oil the loach put off, that is not true. I had a lema cat eat a loach recently if they will fit in the cats mouth they are doomed .Also the tig being that small i would be concerned about large loach stressing the tig they can be prone to sudden death as i am sure you know.

 

[David R]

The ornate might also pick off the loaches when it gets a bit bigger. I start seeing scrapes and scratches on my smaller cl's (~3.5-4") if I don't feed my 14" ornate for a few days. He actually ate one when I went away for 10 days over xmas!

 

[Mr Pleco]

Thanks for all the input will put that into consideration. But as of right now, my ornate is actually schooling with the loaches???????????

 

[badfish]

The ornate is using the trojan cl method pretending to be a cl waiting to strike. I have kept loach and bicar together it mostly works mostly ,i had a delheze eat a queen loach and my ornate took a huge chunk out of a big cl it never recovered just my input.

 

[Mr Pleco]

The ornate is using the trojan cl method pretending to be a cl waiting to strike.

I never thought of that , somebody's going to have to be moved here shortly based upon the input...Thanks...back to stock shuffling..