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	are clown loaches killers?
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i have to sets of clown loach(in different tanks, b/c of sizes.) anyway the larger set, seems to be fine, but the smaller set of youngseters(around 1.5-2 inch) are more aggressive. this can be b/c of completely different tankmates, and tankset-up's etc. but are younger clown loaches killers, seeing how i being noticing lately that they have been bothering other fish, and fin them consuming them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	I have not known clowns to be aggressive. I keep them with one large angels with very big fins and there is not a tear in the fin. I have small clowns from about an inch and a half to over 4 inches.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
cookypuss01 Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 39 Votes: 9 Registered: 21-May-2005	i think the bigger the group of clowns, the more likely there is to be aggression, but mine never bother other fish so that seems weird. Perhaps the smaller clowns haven't sorted out their differences, but the bigger adults have?? There is an amazing video of clown loaches fighting on http://www.loaches.com that you should watch. P.s. moderators I am sorry i referred to another site! Last edited by cookypuss01 at 27-Jun-2005 15:07
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	I haven't notices that my clowns are violentof course mine chase their reflections constantly up and down, side to side on the tank:%) But, Chris just like your loved bettas, each clown is different...maybe try giving them more hiding places, and change the feeding up a bit and see if that helps...worst comes to worst move them to another tank... Best of luck, heidi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You don't really know why But want justify Rippin' someone's head off No human contact And if you interact Your life is on contract ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
opiate Enthusiast Posts: 152 Kudos: 82 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Sep-2004	my clown locahes are wooses lol! They stand there ground occassionaly but when it really comes down to it...yeahj wooses!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I never heared that CL's are aggressive. For sure they kill & eat snails but i never heared that they attack other fish. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Rob1619 Fish Addict Posts: 763 Kudos: 619 Votes: 626 Registered: 01-Sep-2004	Well that depends on how big the tanks are. I have a friend and he had 1 clown loach and some other smaller fish..can't remember what kind it was. He called me one day and said that 6 of his fish are dead and he noticed the clown loach did it. Well i said to him that his tank was to small to have those fish in.he had a 25-35g tank.The only fish left in that tank is the clown loach.i said to him to give it to me(at least i have a bigger tank 75g)..but he refuses I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Darthannihl8or Enthusiast Posts: 206 Kudos: 140 Votes: 20 Registered: 27-Apr-2003	I have 3 4-5inch clown loaches in my American Cichlid tank and I have seen my biggest clown loach eat a feeder fish on 2 seperate occasions. Never heard of it before. He also likes to pick up pieces of gravel and spit them at other fish...funny stuff to see.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i will end up haveing to move my clown loaches b/c they killed my dwarf gourami today.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Oh Chris I'm sorry:#( I sometimes wish we could pull them from the water, spank them, and put them in a corner for a little bit to think about what they did Mine are wooses and are such that they are in the same tank as the metae are that are breeding Wish mine were a bit more adamant and would eat more snails and the leeches, though if it made them more aggressive and they'd start after the fish they'd have to find a new home as well... Sorry about the loss Chris heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Oh, I am so sorry for you Chris. If I were in the US, I would have gladly taken them off your hands. May the little gourami rest in peace. Smacks killer clowns
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	What size is the tank? All loaches have the potential to become aggressive if they feel like they do not have enough room. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:05


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