Clown Loach Geting Very Thin.

[Jjsmith46]

Hi,1 of my clown loach has over a few months become very thin he is about 3" long,the other 4 clowns seem to pick on him alot,he seems to be eating but is very slow to catch his food and i some times hand feed him to make sure but only twice a week,i feed two feeds a day for two mins,i feed different flakes pellets tablets and blood worms or shrimp and cucumber three times a month,im worried about the clown so can i move him into my 60 ltr guppy tank so i can feed him blood worm for a few weeks to see if it helps,the tank has 8 guppys with heavy planted.

 

[tribalbrit]

If it was mine I would move it. Clown loach have a "pecking order" and one will always be at the bottom.
Move it, fatten it up and then move it back, it will at least then have a fighting chance.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Try separating it at first to allow it to feed & fatten up on its own. If it gains no weight while having no other clown loaches to compete for food with, i would suspect an internal bacterial or parasitic infection to blame for its skinnyness.