Clown Loach With Amano Shrimp

[deucebrennan]

As the title suggest really. Will clown loach eat Amano shrimp?

 

[armyoffoo]

As the title suggest really. Will clown loach eat Amano shrimp?

Yes

 

[Esfa]

Definitely.

 

[LastBoy5cout]

Daft question, but Im guessing they will eat any sort of shrimp not just amano?

I bought some tiny ones, (just under an inch in size) at the weekend and have cherry shrimp in my tank!!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yes, once the clowns get to a size where they can fit them in their mouth they'll have a pop at any shrimp

 

[LastBoy5cout]

Got a bamboo shrimp at the weekend too but Im guessing at a good 2-3 inch's in size they'll struggle to gobble that one down!! at the moment any how.

 

[adam98150]

Got a bamboo shrimp at the weekend too but Im guessing at a good 2-3 inch's in size they'll struggle to gobble that one down!! at the moment any how.

You could also purchase an Armoured Fan-shrimp, A.K.A - Atya gabonensis - African Giant Fan-shrimp, it grows a good six inch.

 

[millym]

as said yes if the shrimp are small and the clowns big, although we had 5 amanos in our tank for nearly 5 years with 2 largish yoyo loaches with no problems, the loaches never looked at them with any sort of 'glint' in their eye!! i even watched a shrimp walk right up to our biggest ( around 5 inch yoyo ) & snatch a catfish tablet right from under the yoyo's whiskers. - left a very baffled looking loach ( or maybe it was embarrasment!!) our shrimp were about 1 & a half inches in size and our tank is heavily planted so they had loads of hiding places.

 

[Araxen]

I have one nice sized ghost shrimp and 2 wood shrimp with 3 Clowns and they haven't touched them so far. The Clowns are about 4" in size too.

 

[squiggle 2000]

hi i have four clown loaches with Amano shrimps and they get along fine not eating them at all and the shrimp are breeding they dont go after the babys either