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Old June 3rd, 2009  
fbn
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skunk botia

1. Are they a good bottom feeder?
2. Do they school. How many should be in 1 tank.
3. Do they eat left over flakes?
4. Would they be fine with platy, danios, betta, and a yellow ram cichlid. Thanks!
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Old June 3rd, 2009  
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Oh, and killifish
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Old June 3rd, 2009  
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I'd imagine that they would tear the betta to shreds. Skunk botia are quite aggressive and nippy in my experience.
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Old June 3rd, 2009  
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1. Are they a good bottom feeder?
They are a bottom feeder, but I'm not sure what your criteria for "good" is.

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2. Do they school. How many should be in 1 tank.
Yes, and at least five.

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3. Do they eat left over flakes?
They probably would if they were hungry enough, but they prefer meatier foods. Loaches.com says "Will accept most brands of dry sinking catfish pellets, but should be offered a variety of frozen foods to supplement the diet - mosquito larvae, brineshrimp, and daphnia are usually taken with much enthusiasm. In the wild, this species feeds on mollusks, and as can probably be deduced, is a very effective snail eater." (source).

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4. Would they be fine with platy, danios, betta, and a yellow ram cichlid.
Probably not. The same loaches.com profile suggests tankmates that are "robust and fast-swimming". While the danios may fit that criteria, the others you have do not.
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Old June 4th, 2009  
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Then do you guys have another fish that would be a good bottom feeder? I saw these and they were cheap, so I thought I would look into them. Thanks
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Old June 4th, 2009  
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With the fish you have now, and in a tank that size, I would probably stick with a small school of some variety of Corydoras.
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Old June 4th, 2009  
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Skunk loaches are wonderful, active, littlefish that unfortunately need to be in a species tank all by them selves Mine were nicknamed the brat pack and they were just that
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Old June 5th, 2009  
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Are upside down catfish good?
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