clown loaches

[b.c.f.c]

i am soon getting clown loach in my tank but ive just treated my tank for white spot.i heard off a mate that white spot cure can affect or even kill clown loach is this true?rearly i dont wana change most my water in my tank can any 1 help me?

 

[WILDER]

All I no is that clown loaches are prone to whitespot, and sometimes you have to half the med for them with them being a scaless fish.

 

[Paul_MTS]

when your at the shop buying them look very closely to make sure thewre's no sign of whitespot, if there's 1 spot don't buy, but don't get paranoid about it!!

get them from a a shop that has good catchers aswell, may sound stupid but it does no good the fish being chased aorund with a net for 5mins by a stupid imployee.

take your time to acclimatise them, atleast 25 mins, turn your lighting down to a minimal ammount.

then hey presto you should have whitespot free clown loach!!

although if you don't, i'ved treated clown loach succesfully with Interpet No. 9f at half dose.

 

[b.c.f.c]

i know wat u mean about the people catchin fish i was at this 1 place near me and there i was for 10 mins while she was trying to catch 2 corys for me in the end i walked off becus i was getting so fustrated.lol

 

[CathyG]

Your friend is right, a lot of whitespot meds advise you half dose for scaleless fish and tetras.

If you have just finished a full strength course of whitespot treatment, I would wait a week or so after the final dose to be sure the whitespot has fully gone. Then I would change about 30-40% of the tank water over a couple of days, and filter over carbon for at least 48 hours before adding any new fish.

Good luck!

 

[BOD]

my white spot treatment actually has a pic of a clown loach on it...so i guess its ok....

 

[SirMinion]

Didn't kill our loaches and they had a nasty case of ich. *shugs*

 

[kevin007]

i had 5 clown loaches in a 10 gallon everyone said i'm being cruel blah blah blah..and they never had ick..i even tried to explain that i was quarentin them and they can go in a new 55 gallon in one month...blah blah blah..the thing i beleive is this:

leave lights off for 1 day WRAP TANK WITH NEWSPAPER..add abit of ick med. to prevent, and my clowns never got ick..until 1 month later i put them in my 55 gallon and thought they'd be fine, how wrong was I? the water are different..and i guess they were stressed and go ick..now..my clowns are SO HARDY it's not even funny, clown loaches are the EASIEST fish to keep for me now and they are so cute too..sleeps on their sides! gud luc