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Just wondering...
These algae-eating fish are peaceful, cool-water stream-dwellers. They grow to be about 3" (sometimes smaller) and are fairly defenseless, as far as I know.
The primary reason for wanting these lil' buggers is that they are algae eaters. Aside from this, they would do well in my tank set-up...I just want to make sure that they are newt-safe.
- mb
I do not now about butterfly loaches but most algae eaters have spines which could potentially hurt newts. I remember reading in the "species mixing disasters" article at caudate central about a cfb that was killed by spines from an algae eater
Butterfly loaches are not true loaches or plecos--they lack spines, poison, or any other defensive mechanism besides camouflage. This is only true of *some* genuses of butterfly loaches (there are about six genuses, if I remember correctly).
Still, I'd like to hear if anyone has successfully mixed the two animals. They sound alright, but I really don't want to take any chances.
^iMp^
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