Clown Loachs

[ihasanzongi]

well i have my tank setup and running with mature media i have four small clown loachs(will be adding 2 more) and i was wondering if i could add a red-tailed black shark. there is alot of rock work in the tank as it was a africa cichild tank and i just left all the work in.
thanks

 

[Davo86]

well i have my tank setup and running with mature media i have four small clown loachs(will be adding 2 more) and i was wondering if i could add a red-tailed black shark. there is alot of rock work in the tank as it was a africa cichild tank and i just left all the work in.
thanks

sounds good, provided tank is large enough,

 

[overboard]

well i have my tank setup and running with mature media i have four small clown loachs(will be adding 2 more) and i was wondering if i could add a red-tailed black shark. there is alot of rock work in the tank as it was a africa cichild tank and i just left all the work in.
thanks

sounds good, provided tank is large enough,

I had a clown loach and a redtail shark who were best friends until the shark died a few months ago, he was 6 years old. Loach and shark would sit together on a rock all the time. Still have the loach.

 

[tlef316]

i have the same size tank. My RTBS and 4 clowns share a 3 level rock formation that i built. They are the best of friends and dont cause any problems with my other fish. The clowns were always hiding until i bought the shark. Now they all cruise the tank together. Best decision i ever made with my tank.

Of course, the personality of RTBS differs among each fish. So you may not be as lucky.

 

[marcan]

It's a good match.

 

[CrashingWaves]

My red tailed shark would actually swim around with the group of clown loaches. It's amazing how well the two species tend to get along together. Sounds like a good match to me .

God Bless,
Joshua