brandon4456 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 So i have a 200 gallon aquarium and i wanna set it up as a big community tank, i was thinking about putting in silver dollars khuli loaches, yoyo loaches, rubber lip plecos and blue dream neocaridina. Going to be heavily planted in one end, have a bit of a rock structure in the middle and a bunch of drift wood off of that, sand for the substrate Does anyone see any problems with this selection of fish or have any suggestions, i know khuli loaches aren't necessarily the greatest idea because water parameter requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon4456 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 actually im thinking bristle nose plecos over rubber lips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Struggle Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I have neos in with my blue eyed rainbows / ember tetras in my heavily planted 75G and get some that make it but I'm thinking the yoyo loaches may do a number on the neos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I think Khuli loach would disappear in a 200gallon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon4456 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 thats a good point, but then you could make a game of who can find a khuli loach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkG Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On the other hand, you can keep a good sized group of them, that is reported to help making them come out. That and hiding places. But everyone seems to have different experiences with kuhli loaches! What about water parameters? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon4456 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 they like water on the acidic side and super soft, most the other fish prefer closer to neutral and medium to hard water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 38 minutes ago, brandon4456 said: they like water on the acidic side and super soft, most the other fish prefer closer to neutral and medium to hard water I have kuhli loaches in 8 pH and very hard water, they're thriving and they're always out and about in the tank, I see them every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisdis Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) I had to move my yoyo loaches out of the 65 gallon planted tank because my blue and cherry shrimp kept vanishing. Shrimp are thriving now that the yoyos are gone. My wife watched one of them kill a cherry shrimp. My kuhli loaches have been in this tank for a year now at 7.6 ph. They are out and about every day Edited February 16, 2021 by Chrisdis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkG Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, brandon4456 said: they like water on the acidic side and super soft, most the other fish prefer closer to neutral and medium to hard water Oh, right! I often care about hardness and pH more than some people do, for kuhli loaches I decided to listen to several people like Tory here. I too have water on the harder, alkaline side. Thanks for reminding me 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon4456 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 that's a good note to have for the khuli loaches, everywhere online says other wise but i trust experience and for the yoyo loaches eating shrimp i'm already aware they like to do that, i have a small 10 gallon on my desk i was planning on having as a shrimp reserve as well as let the shrimp have a few weeks to settle in before yoyos are added, they're to keep the shrimp and snail i can never get rid of in check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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