Fighting Clown Loaches?

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Subject Author Date Fighting Clown Loaches? elyob 03-15-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? Gill Passman 03-15-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? Mary Burns 03-15-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? JohnQ 03-16-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? elyob 03-16-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? Spindoctor 04-29-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? Scott 05-18-2005  Re: Fighting Clown Loaches? Mark 05-18-2005
Posted by Spindoctor on April 29, 2005, 6:09 pm Please log in for more thread options >My two largest clowns both about 8-9 inches fight every now and again then >go to seperate parts of the tank for awhile sulking , then within a few >mins >they are side by side again and all is hunkydory,the other 6 smaller >clowns >just get out the way. > > My daughter has/had a nice tank with 12 clowns of different sizes, she was pestering me for some catfish so I got here three small "talking" catfish. One week later one of the clowns is dead, another looks like he has been in the wars, maybe just consistence but its the first time I've had this kind of problem I'm beginning to wish I had quarantined the catfish as am worried that they might have brought a disease with them, but at the time it had another fish in it who was recovering from a bit of cichlid rivalry Brian Posted by Scott on May 18, 2005, 7:01 am Please log in for more thread options I have had my two clown loachs a year and only one appears to have grown. and that is by no more than half an inch. does that sound right to anyone? thanks Scott > >>My two largest clowns both about 8-9 inches fight every now and again then >>go to seperate parts of the tank for awhile sulking , then within a few >>mins >>they are side by side again and all is hunkydory,the other 6 smaller >>clowns >>just get out the way. >> >> > > My daughter has/had a nice tank with 12 clowns of different sizes, she > was pestering me for some catfish so I got here three small "talking" > catfish. One week later one of the clowns is dead, another looks like > he has been in the wars, maybe just consistence but its the first time > I've had this kind of problem > > I'm beginning to wish I had quarantined the catfish as am worried that > they might have brought a disease with them, but at the time it had > another fish in it who was recovering from a bit of cichlid rivalry > > Brian Posted by Mark on May 18, 2005, 1:17 pm Please log in for more thread options >I have had my two clown loachs a year and only one appears to have grown. >and that is by no more than half an inch. does that sound right to anyone? > Clowns are shoaling fish by nature and very slow at growing. If you have ever seen six or more playing in the tank, you will know how lonely it will be to keep them alone or in very small groups. They will also have a little squabble about who will be "top dog" but nothing like as vicious as cichlids. Clowns are not normally mature until over 12" in length and that can take 10 years or more. Most clowns are induced into breeding by hormones, there are very few (if any) confirmed reports of captive breeding. > "Spindoctor" wrote in message On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:29:48 -0000, "JohnQ" > wrote: >> >> My daughter has/had a nice tank with 12 clowns of different sizes, she >> was pestering me for some catfish so I got here three small "talking" >> catfish. One week later one of the clowns is dead, another looks like >> he has been in the wars, maybe just consistence but its the first time >> I've had this kind of problem >> >> I'm beginning to wish I had quarantined the catfish as am worried that >> they might have brought a disease with them, but at the time it had >> another fish in it who was recovering from a bit of cichlid rivalry >> Clownfish are very susceptible to whitespot, have you looked at the fish to see if you can see the pin pricks of white on them? Also, clowns don't have scales and do not react well to a lot of medications designed for the aquarium. There are quite a few different fish labelled as "talking" catfish so it could be you have one which is more unfriendly/ active at night which is causing stress to the clowns. Regards Mark Similar Threads Posted Sick Female Siamese Fighting Fish? May 19, 2005, 7:37 am Clown loach mottled skin - serious? December 13, 2007, 5:41 am Clown loach needs new home (Watford UK) December 6, 2006, 12:32 pm