What fish do your loaches shoal with?

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Or at least try to :screwy:

I know loaches will shoal with tiger barbs, but I have one clown in my quarantine tank that is trying to shoal with a Jewel Cichlid. Anybody else have a loach that doesn't want to be alone?
 
Arulius barbs, tiger barbs and severums.
 
I have 10 loaches in with 3 Tinfoil Barbs and 3 Bala Sharks. I have noticed lately that a loach or two will swim right next to a Barb or Shark in such a manner that it looks like the loach is trying to eat debris that is comming out of the gill. Needless to say the Barb or Shark swims faster only to have the loach match them in speed. I'm doubting that the loach is trying to shoal with my Barbs and Sharks. I have chalk up this behavior to "Clowns being Clowns", that they are amusing themselves when they get boared. Anyone else seen this behavior?
 
Chromobotia;2435039; said:
I have 10 loaches in with 3 Tinfoil Barbs and 3 Bala Sharks. I have noticed lately that a loach or two will swim right next to a Barb or Shark in such a manner that it looks like the loach is trying to eat debris that is comming out of the gill. Needless to say the Barb or Shark swims faster only to have the loach match them in speed. I'm doubting that the loach is trying to shoal with my Barbs and Sharks. I have chalk up this behavior to "Clowns being Clowns", that they are amusing themselves when they get boared. Anyone else seen this behavior?
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If by debris, you mean foods coming out of their gills, loaches tend to grab all chances to get their share of foods.;)
 
mine shoal with my fei feng.
 
My uncle before he had alot of clown loaches his first one swimed around with his convicts :D so werid now he has like 20 or so loaches so it stoped now .

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