thailand or mekong bottom dwellers

[GuppyBreeder180604]

Hi, at the end i decided to go with the asian swamp biotope because i enden up buying 2 three spot gouramies with amazing colors, so i already planned the aquascape with southeast asian plants only but as i was looking around i found out that danios are from india not thailand and the same goes for mystus catfish, so i changed the danios for trigonostigma heteromorpha but i do not know what could be a good replacement for the mystus, so i need some ideas for a bottom dweller from thailand swamps or the mekong river that can live in a 30 gallon tank, if possible i would like it to be a gregarious species that also eats algae appart from detritus and food leftovers. maybe i could acomodate 2 different species.
Thanks

 

[seangee]

Ambastaia sidthimunki
Gregarious and lots of fun to watch. Won't eat algae though. I'd suggest a group of at least 10.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

Ambastaia sidthimunki
Gregarious and lots of fun to watch. Won't eat algae though. I'd suggest a group of at least 10.

so cute! didnt they also eat snails? and will they eat shrimp?

 

[Barry Tetra]

so cute! didnt they also eat snails? and will they eat shrimp?

Will eat shrimps but not snails.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

Will eat shrimps but not snails.

oh, well poop i did want blue dream shrimp i promised my mom that i would add them. So i guess no dwarf chain loach then?

 

[CassCats]

I dont know actually if they will eat shrimp. But they may eat snails like ramshorns and bladder snails, they're in that group of loaches that do tend to eat those lol

 

[seangee]

They do eat snails, but not enough to regard them as pest control. I would not put shrimps with them because that is their natural food.

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

then i guess no dwarf chain loach, is there something else you have in mind? thanks in advance.

 

[CassCats]

Pangio anguillaris are found in mekong River basin. Theyre shrimp safe and snail safe.

Theyre cute too!

 

[GuppyBreeder180604]

Pangio anguillaris are found in mekong River basin. Theyre shrimp safe and snail safe.

Theyre cute too!
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sounds perfect, thanks!