Adopted yoyo loach conundrum

[ProteasomeB]

Hello, I recently got a second hand 55 galon aquarium for free, which I want to turn into a planted angelfish community tank. Whilst getting the aquarium it turned out there was one fish actually still alive, a yoyo loach, so i had to take that one too.

The loach is now in a small tank whilst i am setting up the 55 gallon. The 55 currently has some ottocinclus, some corydora, some amano shrimp and some cherry shrimp. Whilst researching the yoyoloach I found out that apperantly they eat shrimp, however some people seem to have succes keeping shrimp and yoyoloaches together. I am not planning on getting more yoyo's (I know they prefer groups, but I was not planning on keeping them). Can anyone advise me on wether or not to try to introduce the old loach into the tank? and if so, how to do so without losing all my shrimp? Any advice would be appreciated!

Foto is how the tank looks now.

 

[veggieshark]

Sounds like you have to send that YoYo to me. Address pm'ed.

Seriously though, yoyo with shrimp is iffy. You can easily find someone or LFS to adopt him. On the other hand, your angels can be equally dangerous for your cherry shrimp. If you must have shrimp, you'll need to design the rest around them.

 

[A201]

YoYo's are definitely snail killers, not sure about shrimp.
I keep a large group of YoYo's. They are very social, interesting Loaches that are awsome scavengers.
Be worth a try to include the solo Loach into the community.
You might decide to add more of them.

 

[ProteasomeB]

Thanks for the replies! Unfortionately I live in the Netherlands, otherwise veggieshark could have it. I tried to put him in the tank, but he immediately started harassing the other inhabitants. especially the otto's. Luckily there were no casualties. I put him on the internet and found a nice home for him with some other yoyo's!