What is the strangest position anyone has seen a Clown Loach sleepingin?

[Gill Passman]

Hi All,

Any of us that keep or have kept Clown Loaches I guess are more than
familiar with the sleeping "Clown Loach Heap" which still tickles me
everytime I see them doing it - lol - my current CLs do it right at the
front of the tank which is great :-)

Anyway, today I was watching the tank and spotted one of the Clown
Loaches had perched himself on some driftwood. He was lying on his back
fins flapping away to keep his balance. It was kind of like he was
sun-bathing - lol. He got a bit of a shock when a Flying Fox tried to
perch on him - but he seems to have comandeered the driftwood from the
Flying Fox - he's back up there right now.

So this got me wondering what other people's Clown Loaches do or whether
mine are just weird.... :-)

Gill

[NetMax]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
.. .
> Hi All,
>
> Any of us that keep or have kept Clown Loaches I guess are more than
> familiar with the sleeping "Clown Loach Heap" which still tickles me
> everytime I see them doing it - lol - my current CLs do it right at the
> front of the tank which is great :-)
>
> Anyway, today I was watching the tank and spotted one of the Clown
> Loaches had perched himself on some driftwood. He was lying on his back
> fins flapping away to keep his balance. It was kind of like he was
> sun-bathing - lol. He got a bit of a shock when a Flying Fox tried to
> perch on him - but he seems to have comandeered the driftwood from the
> Flying Fox - he's back up there right now.
>
> So this got me wondering what other people's Clown Loaches do or
> whether mine are just weird.... :-)
>
> Gill

There was a post a few years ago about a trio of CLs who would climb up
into a floating plant, almost completely out of the water, and the poster
included pictures. Mine are more normal, finding odd shaped crevices in
the rockwork to snuggle into (usually sideways).
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[Dick]

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:16:59 +0000, Gill Passman
> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Any of us that keep or have kept Clown Loaches I guess are more than
>familiar with the sleeping "Clown Loach Heap" which still tickles me
>everytime I see them doing it - lol - my current CLs do it right at the
>front of the tank which is great :-)
>
>Anyway, today I was watching the tank and spotted one of the Clown
>Loaches had perched himself on some driftwood. He was lying on his back
>fins flapping away to keep his balance. It was kind of like he was
>sun-bathing - lol. He got a bit of a shock when a Flying Fox tried to
>perch on him - but he seems to have comandeered the driftwood from the
>Flying Fox - he's back up there right now.
>
>So this got me wondering what other people's Clown Loaches do or whether
>mine are just weird.... :-)
>
>Gill

My flock of 6 Clowns are interesting in how they relate to the to the
9 Siamese Algae Eaters. Both fish lie about a lot on the gravel. As
I read your post I glanced over and found a Clown and a SAE side by
side in between a plant and the front glass of my 75 gallon tank. The
2 species often swarm together. I have seen several of each do a
"follow the leader" act through a tunnel in some plants. They seem to
me to be "soul mates."

dick

[normc]

Floating belly up. When I tried to net the "dead fish" it swam away.

[Justice]

Gill Passman wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Any of us that keep or have kept Clown Loaches I guess are more than
> familiar with the sleeping "Clown Loach Heap" which still tickles me
> everytime I see them doing it - lol - my current CLs do it right at the
> front of the tank which is great :-)
>
> Anyway, today I was watching the tank and spotted one of the Clown
> Loaches had perched himself on some driftwood. He was lying on his back
> fins flapping away to keep his balance. It was kind of like he was
> sun-bathing - lol. He got a bit of a shock when a Flying Fox tried to
> perch on him - but he seems to have comandeered the driftwood from the
> Flying Fox - he's back up there right now.
>
> So this got me wondering what other people's Clown Loaches do or whether
> mine are just weird.... :-)
>
> Gill

Mine like to wedge their heads into the spot where the rock cave hits
the glass, it's about a 30 degree angle and just hangout. just by their
heads once the are there no fin movement so I'm gussing their heads are
wedged tight. crazzy fishies ;)