I think my clown loach are trapped

[Al Bundy]

I have spotted one - has white spot. Any advice on treatment? I have started a new thread in this forum.

Thanks

 

[CathyG]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Since starting this thread, I have seen 2 of the 3 clown loach (very briefly). I DID notice on one of them, that his colour wasn't as prominent as the other, looked faded. I couldn't really inspect closely as he shot back in, but could this be whitespot as someone mentioned further up^^?

The dominant clown will have faded colouring

Good luck with the whitespot treatment, there are loads of threads to read up on for info!

 

[Cat]

Put cucumber on the bottom for them, mine shoot out soon as I put it in,they love it.

 

[a1wonder]

Since no one it seem mentioned this early I'd like to point out that your tank looks really badly crowded

28 UK Gallon planted tank
10 Neon Tetra
5 Black Phantom Tetra
5 Rummy Nosed Tetra
2 Koi Angel Fish
3 Clown Loach
2 Mollies

From what I understand Clown Loach can grow up to 18" I've only seen them at around 8 but it is recominded that they are in a large tank with plenty of hiding places personally I don't view anything under a 55 gal as large and a 28 as medium to small. If you don't want to stunt your fish (which will produce serious health problems in the futar) I'd recomend looking into a larger tank quickly.

 

[Al Bundy]

18" ? Really? They are only about 2" long at the minute.
They have plenty of places to hide and my tank still looks a little bare

Its also UK gallons, which is about 33 US gallons I think.
Can anyone else confirm if this is the case?

 

[Al Bundy]

Bump.

Can anyone confirm if my tank is overcrowded as a1wonder mentioned?

 

[crazychris]

Mine stay in a long log with a hole at one end for long periods. I make sure I coax them out every day though to check for whitespot.