clown loaches and p. saulosi

[nmbr1ddy]

I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi?

[Tommi Jensen]

nmbr1ddy wrote:
> I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks
> with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an
> unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was
> wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi?
Assuming that the loaches are not gargantuan, which is unlikely due to
the price, and that the Saulosi's don't go postal (i.e. extraordinarily
agressive) I wouldn't expect problems, I've seen lots of
well-established mbuna tanks with clown botias in them.

Mind you the (unlikely) danger, in case your loaches prepare to spawn,
in that highly-unlikely event, your saulosi's might just become dinner.

Hth

/Tommi

[JG]

I prefer to keep fish from a similar habitat together. With saulosi from
Lake Malawi and Clown loaches from Asia, I'd stay away from that. Plus
saulosi are dwarf Mbuna whereas CL's can attain quite a large size and
potentially beat up on them. Plus saulosi are high pH and hard water fish
whereas CL's need soft water and slightly akaline conditions. I'd say don't
go with that mix.
"nmbr1ddy" > wrote in message
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> I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks
> with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an
> unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was
> wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi?
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> nmbr1ddy

[NetMax]

"nmbr1ddy" > wrote in message
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> I have a new tank that has been cycled and set up with plants and rocks
> with holes in them for P. saulosi. I found several clown loaches at an
> unbelievable price ($2.50 each) and put them in the tank. I was
> wondering if they would be good tank mates for the p. saulosi?
>
>
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> nmbr1ddy

The smaller the tank, the lower the probability that they will
co-habitate well once the mbuna start breeding. In a large tank with
plenty of hiding spots, the situation is much improved. Eventually grown
mbuna fry will start to make the tank 'small' again, but having been
raised with the long-lived botia, they will probably be much more
tolerant of them. jmo
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