Last night I found one of my two clown loaches had died. They were both very close and hid in the same orniment together. should i buy another clown loach for my tank? if so how many? or would my current loach be better left alone?

Please advise.

Thanks

clown loaches do need to be kept in groups so he is going to need some company, so assuming you have room then yes you should buy him a couple of friends (they prefer a group of 5+ but 3 would be a minimum). but remember clowns get to 12" so you need a big old tank to house a group of them.

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Thanks for the info, the clown loaches are the biggest in my tank at the moment but have not outgrown the tank. so i will get some friends for him. I thought they prefered company but i didnt want him to attack or reject any new friends.

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he shouldn't do, if you can then get fish a similar size to him, this will reduce the chances of any bullying. if there is any aggression then re-arrange the decor in the tank, this removes any territories so helps stop aggression, basically means they all start from a level playing field.

hi, i recently lost one of my two clown loaches who were always together, but i lost one of mine to dropsy, do you know how yours died? if it died of natural causes then you would be ok to add more i did, but to be honest with you the larger one doesnt bother much with the smaller ones i dont know if that will change when they get bigger my clown loach just hangs about with my red tailed shark, hope that helps you

I have no idea how he died. because they spend most of their time inside my ornimant i dont see them often, but last time i saw them they both seemed fine. My father had fished out the dead one by the time i got home yesterday.

My clown loaches always hung round with my red tailed shark to. funny ay? I will try and find another loach of simialr size over the weekend.

i tried to find a bigger one but there were none in local lfs but you might find one privately in local adds or on ebay, local to your area. We got 3 little one and they are great to watch they are very playfull i hope hastey get bigger the other clown loach might join in .

yeah aquarist classifieds is a good place to start. you often see fish like this which have outgrown their homes lookign for someone else to take them. fish shops usually stock mostly juvi's

I saw some that were as big as mine in a small lfs. so i will try there first, if not then ill look for private sellors.

Thanks for all your help

You cant keep a clown loach in a 54 litre.....Id suggest taking your other one back.