Dojo

Hi I was wondering would a weather loach eat fairly small shrimp - young cherry and amano shrimp?
I'd like to get some for my tank soon but they only stock the young ones which are like 1cm long and I'm not sure whether they'd just end up as a snack for my foraging loach? He's about 5 or 6 inches long.
Or would loaches usually ignore them?

Any advice appreciated

atmmachine816

If the shrimp are big enough to fit in the loaches mouth, then they will probably be eaten. My suggestion would be buy some ghost shrimp as they are cheap and see if they get eaten.

Dojo

Its hard to judge the size of his mouth as it seems to expand hugely when it comes to food its hard to imagine him swallowing one whole but not sure if I want to find out :P

hmm theres a few hiding places he can't fit into, I might try one out and see if he can at least evade him until he is big enough.
Thanks