Lonely Clown Loach

[eltz21]

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

 

[Miss Wiggle]

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.

 

[kewskills]

miss wiggle beat me too it again

 

[Miss Wiggle]

miss wiggle beat me too it again

fastest fingers in the west

 

[kewskills]

miss wiggle beat me too it again

fastest fingers in the west

Oh that and the mary poppins avatar makes me go weak at the knees

 

[Miss Wiggle]

would it help if i sung you a song about tidying up

 

[eltz21]

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.

Thanks

 

[Miss Wiggle]

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.

 

[boeingtech]

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

 

[eltz21]

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.

 

[boeingtech]

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 .

 

[Miss Wiggle]

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

 

[eltz21]

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

 

[Ace Of Spades]

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.