finally got myself a loach a few days ago and ive been watching him and attempting to give him the algae waffer thingers and make sure hes getting enough cus i know i have none growing in the tank... but my 2 lil guys are ninja looting them away from him and im just concerned hes not getting enough. do you guys have little tricks to hide or make sure they are getting what they need?

check the "compatable fish section" there's bound to be a topic like this

whut kind of loach is it? Alot of loaches (not sure of all of them, but alot) do a whole lot of NOTHING for algea. Algea wafers they might eat, but usually they will just eat your fish food. I treat my dojo loach the same as my goldies.

Loches are bottom feeders, they eat the left overs, but don't
eat algea,(If im not mistaken). Mine loves frozen blood worms, tropical
fish flakes. And a number of other types of foods.

I don't have loaches but once gave my goldies algae wafers and they went nuts eating--it was like watching piranhas!

As the previous posters have mentioned, it depends on the type of loach that you have. For example, dojo loaches don't eat algae and will eat the same diet as your goldfish. My dojos love gel food, shrimp pellets and ProGold pellets

On the other hand, Chinese hillstream loaches are primarily algae eaters, but will eat pellets and veggies after they have been in captivity for a while. Your tank should have a good coating of algae before you introduce hillstream loaches.