How Many Loachs

daino master · Jan 14, 2008

i was told once that clown loachs should be kept alone. but recently my mates clown loach has started to eat his guppys tails.and i was thinking of getting 1 for my tank but should they be kept alone or in a shoal :unsure:

?

regards

daino master

fergalthefish · Jan 14, 2008

clown loaches should be kept in groups, they are very social fish and love to play around together.

daino master · Jan 14, 2008

fergalthefish said:
clown loaches should be kept in groups, they are very social fish and love to play around together.

oh ok ill pass that on to my mate and ill get about 3 is that ok

fergalthefish · Jan 14, 2008

yep thats fine if you tank is big enough

emma12321 · Jan 14, 2008

hi,

The first qustion would be what size is your tank? With clown loaches reported to grow 16 inches in the wild http

/www.loaches.com/species-index/clown...ia-macracanthus and growing at least 11 inches in aquariums you need to be sure you have adequate tank space. If you have room the bigger group the better.

Emma

daino master · Jan 14, 2008

emma12321 said:
hi,

The first qustion would be what size is your tank? With clown loaches reported to grow 16 inches in the wild [URL="http/www.loaches.com/species-index/clown...ia-macracanthus"]http/www.loaches.com/species-index/clown...ia-macracanthus[/URL] and growing at least 11 inches in aquariums you need to be sure you have adequate tank space. If you have room the bigger group the better.

Emma

it is a 200l (dont know in gs soz)
so my answer is about 3 maybe 4

TammyLiz · Jan 16, 2008

200l is a little more than 50 US gallons. Too small for adult clowns. Have you checked out getting some striata or kubotai? They don't get as big. What else is in your tank, though? Make sure they'll all work out well together before buying.

http

/www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata

http

/www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-kubotai

smithrc · Jan 16, 2008

200L will be fine for clowns for a VERY long time.... we have had ours for about 4 years so far and they have grown from 1.5" to about 5"....

TammyLiz · Jan 18, 2008

smithrc said:
200L will be fine for clowns for a VERY long time.... we have had ours for about 4 years so far and they have grown from 1.5" to about 5"....

Good point but have to remember to make sure the resources will be available to upgrade when the time comes, or be willing to part with the fish. I got the feeling the topic starter was wanting to put them in a community so they'd need to decide if the clowns are really what they want and worth the effort to change their system either now or in a few years.