I am having a problem. I have a 60 gallon tank with 2 common goldfish and I recently
baught a common pleco (oops!) I had to return the pleco because it was sucking
on my goldies slime coat. So,.... I just baught a golden loach and now I am
finding on the internet that golden loaches can suck the slime coat off goldies too!
Is this true? And if it is, why do golden loaches do this and not dojo loaches? Aren't
they both the same? Someone please help.

I am not quite sure about loaches as I don't have one, but I have heard that most people recommend a bristle or rubber nose loach to be kept with GF. Hopefully, someone with more experience with them will come along and help more.

you are talking about plecos, but i do appreciate the feedback.

can u get a pic of it....

and the whole tank...

As soon as I get my camera back. Definately

I'm sorry! I thought they were sort of the same thing! I guess I need to research more!

I don't know much about dojo's, from what I can tell we don't get them here in oz, but I'll tell you, golden sucking loaches are terrible! They may look cute and benign when you buy them from the pet store when they're juveniles, but when they develop into adults, they are REALLY aggressive, AND they suck the slimecoat off your fish. -I have seen these as adults (6-7inches long) in an african cichlid tank, giving Tropheus sp. a run for their money. I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you'll need to consider returning your golden loach as well! If you are looking for an algae eater for your tank, it's really best to stick to bristlenose/rubbernose plecos.

I'd even be weary of bristlenoses, mine started sucking my fish after about 4yrs of having her..

I appreciate the feedback, I'll keep a close eye on my tank and get pics up as soon as I can.
I'm just confused because this website recommends Loaches.

Is his the loach that you have?
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/dojo/dojo.jpg
http://www.newsgd.com/pictures/scenery/200...50035_22266.jpg

or is it a sucking loach?

I have Dojos in my tank and never had any problems other than the occasional chase around at feeding time. They mainly huddle together behind my internal filter or under the logs and just keep themselves to themselves.

It looks just like that yellow one in the second link, (top link didn't work), but a little more orange. Is that good or bad? As far as a sucking loach, I don't know what that is.

If it def. looks like a normal dojo (weather) loach but gold, I dont think that there is anything to worry about. As I said they generally leave the goldies alone.

As I just put in another thread about Dojos they are playful fish and at times may look like they are attacking your when in effect they are playing and are not doing any harm. My Piranha a dojo I have had for 2 years up until I bought Jaws he was alone and loved to play with my Goldies he never harmed them tho. Now hes in a tank I set up special for the loachs to play in. Loachs also prefer to be in a minimum of a pair.
Heres a helpful link for you

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/loaches/DojoLoach.php

Thank you guys so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it. Also, I just got
my camera back and will be posting pictures very soon.

ok I took some pics. I'm going to post them in the pic thread