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Posted by Adrian Hey on December 6, 2006, 12:32 pm
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Hello folks,
I have one clown loach that needs a new home, preferably with some other
clown loaches. I used to have two but the big one died a couple of
months ago and I've decided the little one has to go too (clown loaches
and planted tanks seem like a bad combination). By "little" I mean about
4 inches long.
I live in Watford (Hertfordshire, UK) so if you like clown loaches and
want another and Watford isn't too far for you, then please contact me
at my proper email address (delete "NoSpicedHam." or look here..
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~ahey/em.png
).
I'm also looking to offload about 10 golden barbs and a couple of
golden gouramis if anyone's interested.
Regards
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Adrian Hey
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Posted by FishNoob on December 8, 2006, 11:56 am
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ahey@NoSpicedHam.iee.org says...
> I have one clown loach that needs a new home, preferably with some other
> clown loaches. I used to have two but the big one died a couple of
> months ago and I've decided the little one has to go too (clown loaches
> and planted tanks seem like a bad combination).
Why do you think clown loaches and planted tanks are a bad
combination? I've got both, and apart from the plants that died from
the algae infestation in the summer, all seems fine. I'm not
disputing what you say; I'd just like to hear if there's something (a
story or a rationale) behind it.
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FishNoob
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Posted by Adrian Hey on December 8, 2006, 2:56 pm
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FishNoob wrote:
> ahey@NoSpicedHam.iee.org says...
>> I have one clown loach that needs a new home, preferably with some other
>> clown loaches. I used to have two but the big one died a couple of
>> months ago and I've decided the little one has to go too (clown loaches
>> and planted tanks seem like a bad combination).
>
> Why do you think clown loaches and planted tanks are a bad
> combination? I've got both, and apart from the plants that died from
> the algae infestation in the summer, all seems fine. I'm not
> disputing what you say; I'd just like to hear if there's something (a
> story or a rationale) behind it.
Three reasons:
1 - They have a habit of grubbing about in the gravel and uprooting
plants. Not big well rooted amazon swords ant the like, just
little plants, but it's still a pain having to re-plant the
same plant you're trying to establish again and again and again..
2 - They really don't seem to like the bright lighting you need in
a planted tank, or at least my 2 didn't. When the tank lights
were off I'd see them swimming about doing the usual stupid
clown loach things, but as soon as the tank lights came on they'd
both bolt for their cave, not to be seen again until the lights
went out.
3 - I used to have a snail "problem", which is why I got the clown
loaches in the first place. They certainly did get rid of the
snails, but this isn't what I wanted. (I just wanted some control
on snail population). Since losing all snails I've been having
algae control problems instead. So I'd like to re-establish
snails in my tank. This isn't going to happen if there's a clown
loach in the same tank.
BTW, if anyone's looking for snail control golden barbs also seem
to be quite ruthless escargotvores (but they don't grub about in the
gravel or mind bright lights). The gouramis just nibble and bite off
snails antennae rather than eating whole snails. But I don't want
mutliated and dying snails in my tank so they've gotta go too.
Regards
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Adrian Hey
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Posted by John Crane on December 11, 2006, 10:39 pm
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> 1 - They have a habit of grubbing about in the gravel and uprooting
> plants. Not big well rooted amazon swords ant the like, just
> little plants, but it's still a pain having to re-plant the
> same plant you're trying to establish again and again and again..
So THATS why all my plants end up floating at the top of the tank!
Little rascal!
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Posted by Victor Martinez on December 8, 2006, 12:06 pm
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Adrian Hey wrote:
> months ago and I've decided the little one has to go too (clown loaches
> and planted tanks seem like a bad combination). By "little" I mean about
> 4 inches long.
I have 9 clowns in a 120g heavily planted tank. The largest clown is
over 6" long.
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> clown loaches. I used to have two but the big one died a couple of
> months ago and I've decided the little one has to go too (clown loaches
> and planted tanks seem like a bad combination).