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Subject Author Date Gone mad .. elyob 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. Gill Passman 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. elyob 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. Smudge Smith 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. Edward Cowling ... 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. elyob 05-03-2006  Re: Gone mad .. !Speedy Gonzale... 05-04-2006  Re: Gone mad .. 2pods 05-04-2006
Posted by elyob on May 3, 2006, 7:07 pm Please log in for more thread options >>This may be normal behaviour the clown is exhibiting >> >>I have 5 in my tank and every night at around 21:00hrs as regular as >>clockwork, they have what I like to call their "mental moment"...they just >>speed from one side of the tank to the other ...up the sides then back >>down >>again... >> > > Like Cats. When I was a kid we had a very sedate old cat that slept most > of the day on Mum's knee. Then for some reason about 6 months it would go > bonkers.... rip the net curtains to shreds on a window....destroy a few > pot plants..... then it would go back to being slightly less active than a > stuffed toy for another 6 months. > > Why? Nature !! Having owned a couple of Clown Loaches for three years, I've really got to know some weird tendencies. They really are clowns in every sense of the word! However, I'm a little concerned that they all wanted to jump to freedom due to a little bit of negligence/beginners luck. In the past I've asked about the greying, learnt about the spikes in the "cheeks" (never seen them though) and odd "play dead" tendencies .... Anyway, I tried to record the behaviour today, but failed as soon as I walked to the tank ... it scarpered into hiding and didn't really want to re-enact the behavior in the minute my camera records. *So*, I went long range and recorded quite grainy imagery of it mucking about. You can see it here .. [1] .. now, is that a bereaved lover/caged fish/clown loach behaviour? It does it so much that I have to clean the outside of the tank in that left hand spot fairly regularly. It's failed jump attempts spill water on the outside. [1] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1822019345962272007 Posted by !Speedy Gonzales! on May 4, 2006, 8:22 am Please log in for more thread options > You can see it here .. [1] .. now, is that a bereaved lover/caged > fish/clown loach behaviour? Although interested in keeping fish for years, I only set up my first tank at the start of the year so take what I say with a pinch of salt. My clown loaches act very much the same , more so when I first got them but I have since added a lot of plants and with plants come snails. This seems to keep my pair very interested and appear a bit calmer. I aslo threw in a large piece of bogwood and they love to sleep/play dead on this. Without a word of a lie, I saw one 'fall-off' the bogwood once, it was so relaxed! -- !Speedy Gonzales! Remove the SPAMTRAP to reply Posted by 2pods on May 4, 2006, 8:57 am Please log in for more thread options >> You can see it here .. [1] .. now, is that a bereaved lover/caged >> fish/clown loach behaviour? > > Although interested in keeping fish for years, I only set up my first tank > at the start of the year so take what I say with a pinch of salt. My clown > loaches act very much the same , more so when I first got them but I have > since added a lot of plants and with plants come snails. This seems to > keep my pair very interested and appear a bit calmer. I aslo threw in a > large piece of bogwood and they love to sleep/play dead on this. Without a > word of a lie, I saw one 'fall-off' the bogwood once, it was so relaxed! > > -- > !Speedy Gonzales! > > Remove the SPAMTRAP to reply > > Mine do that around feeding time :-) The biggest of mine sleeps in a log with a hole through which you can see him sleeping on his side - crazy fish :-) Peter