Harlequin Rasbora's And Yoyo Loaches?

[Canadian Fish]

I had previously asked if I could keep Bleeding Heart Tetras with Harlequin Rasboras and Zebra loaches in a 35 Gallon tank.

Because of size I ended up getting the zebra loaches for our established 55 gallon aquarium (they're awesome, btw) and we decided to keep ryukin calico goldfish in our 35 gallon. We have one so far and plan on adding two more. Freaky looking fish.

So today we bought a new 55 gallon tank. This time, I am going to get the wife her bleeding heart tetras. I was wondering if I could keep bleeding heart tetras, harlequin rasboras, and yoyo (pakistani loaches) together.

Some yoyo loach profiles say they are good community fish, but I've read that some people have had problems keeping harlequin rasboras and yoyos together because the yoyos are too aggressive.

If anyone has experience housing these fish together, I would appreciate your feedback.

I was also wondering if yoyos are strictly nocturnal, or if I will see them frequently like my zebra loaches (they are active and often out during the day)

Thanks!

 

[LongS]

I wouldn't see why not, i've never really found any of the Botia species to be overly aggressive to tetra or barb species of any kind. They may chase every now and again but by Botia histrionica do this occasionally to my guppies and each other but it is more playful than anything else.

In a tank that size i would say easily.

 

[Baccus]

I have yoyo or Pakastani loaches with Harliquin Rosaboras, golden tetras, black neon tetras, bristle noses and cherry shrimp and the yo-yo's are never a problem. The two younger ones are out and about all the time mooching for food/ snails while the two adults are often hiding with the BN's in one of the hollows.
The cherry shrimp population is expanding in the tank so either the yo-yos don't eat the shrimp or my base population is big enough to handle the odd predation. The BN's still breed sucessfully I think the last batch of young was around the 200 mark so again even the fry seem safe from the yo-yos after they leave the protection of their dad.

They are inquistive loaches and like to check out new tank mates but I have not seen them being aggressive.

Oh and mine also like to hang with my strebia corys, the poor corys aren't always happy for the company but the loaches aren't hasselling the corys they are just enjoyinh being in a group.

 

[Canadian Fish]

I have yoyo or Pakastani loaches with Harliquin Rosaboras, golden tetras, black neon tetras, bristle noses and cherry shrimp and the yo-yo's are never a problem. The two younger ones are out and about all the time mooching for food/ snails while the two adults are often hiding with the BN's in one of the hollows.
The cherry shrimp population is expanding in the tank so either the yo-yos don't eat the shrimp or my base population is big enough to handle the odd predation. The BN's still breed sucessfully I think the last batch of young was around the 200 mark so again even the fry seem safe from the yo-yos after they leave the protection of their dad.

They are inquistive loaches and like to check out new tank mates but I have not seen them being aggressive.

Oh and mine also like to hang with my strebia corys, the poor corys aren't always happy for the company but the loaches aren't hasselling the corys they are just enjoyinh being in a group.

That sounds promising. How many of the yoyo's do you keep? And what size is your tank? Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Baccus]

I have yoyo or Pakastani loaches with Harliquin Rosaboras, golden tetras, black neon tetras, bristle noses and cherry shrimp and the yo-yo's are never a problem. The two younger ones are out and about all the time mooching for food/ snails while the two adults are often hiding with the BN's in one of the hollows.
The cherry shrimp population is expanding in the tank so either the yo-yos don't eat the shrimp or my base population is big enough to handle the odd predation. The BN's still breed sucessfully I think the last batch of young was around the 200 mark so again even the fry seem safe from the yo-yos after they leave the protection of their dad.

They are inquistive loaches and like to check out new tank mates but I have not seen them being aggressive.

Oh and mine also like to hang with my strebia corys, the poor corys aren't always happy for the company but the loaches aren't hasselling the corys they are just enjoyinh being in a group.

That sounds promising. How many of the yoyo's do you keep? And what size is your tank? Thanks for the feedback!

I only have the four yo-yos that are currently in a well established 4ft tank of roughly 145L, I plan to soon move them temporarily to another one of my tanks for snail erradidcation and in the other tank there will only be Guppy's, Dwarf gouramis, a lizard fish and female BN's and yet more cherry shrimp. The yo-yos might prefer having a couple of more friends but they do get pretty large and when they take off they have a lot of strength., so I will only be keeping the four.
On a side note I have not seen my yo-yos be affected like clown loaches often are by ich, so in that regards they seem to be a better community fish for both size wise and resilience.

Oh and my yo-yos have a field day snuffling through the sand in my tank hunting for the Malaysian trumpet snails which they have now developed a taste for after they have pretty much knocked out the rams horn population.