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Can someone help me? I lost a clown loach in a 20 gallon tank! Originally they were just here to get rid of snails but they became permanent residents. Now its either dead or alive in a tank full of algae

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Do you have a lot of plants? Clown Loaches can hide pretty well in plants, etc...

First I would try to take care of the algae problem. Ff it's really bad enough that you can't find the fish in the tank, than that is something that should be acknowledged.

Check the floor too.. not uncommon for fish to find their way out. Especially if they are too big for the tank.

Good Luck

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How big are the CLs and do you have plenty of hiding places for them? They can hide very easly invery small areas.
Certainly clean up all that algae problem. I have not known for CLs to jump out of a tank mine have never, but it is possible also do a full filter check.

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I agree, they're very very good at hiding and getting into places you wouldn't think of. I've got 6 in my tank, and a few are upwards of 6-7" and i can't find them sometimes!!

I agree, clean up that algae and you should find him

not a lot of plants but theres this big rock in the tank but i think my dad searched under the rock earlier so now i am thinking of declaring it dead.
Oh yeah i already cleaned up most of the algae.
The clown loaches are currently 2 inches long. My dad already moved all the tenants out into a 32 gallon tank last night. So now i am starting to think he may have dropped the fish while he was moving it.

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I'll just say that CL's are great @ hiding especially when small. I remember, thinking I had lost a CL & ripping apart the tank searching for him and doing an area search on the outside of the tank in case it jumped out. Well I found nothing neither inside or out the tank, leaving me puzzled. 2days later the CL magically appeared. Must've been under the substarte & stayed hiden even after I ran my finger thru it. Give it a few days.

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What kind of substrate do you have? I have seen other loaches bury themselves in sand before and have even heard of a few doing so in gravel. I don't know if clown loaches do this but it may merit checking.

do you have any dogs or cats that might have run off with any fish they might find on the floor?

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a thin layer of gravel and lots of larger rocks for substrate and no other pets other than my fish

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Just looking for an update.... Is the Loach still missing?

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

Unfortunaly no. My dad emptied out the tank because of all the algae and to find the clown loach but there was no clown loach.

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