clown behaviour

[Flash Wilson]

Two types of clowns which I'd like advice on!

1) Clown loach - mine have just started to do the "pretending to
be dead" act. I have read this is typical loach behaviour, but
is it because they are unhappy/happy/growing up/whatever?

2) Clown synodontis - I was given a 7" female three months ago.
She hides all day and I never see her move! I've never seen her
out when I've had to disturb the tank at night either. I leave
food out, and it goes, but it could be the pleco taking it. Any
advice on how much I should feed at night, or how I can be sure
she is ok - other than the fact she isn't dead yet?

Thanks,

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Flash Wilson
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"I'm an advocate of sex before marriage.
Otherwise I wouldn't have had any at all."

[Racf]

"Flash Wilson" > wrote in message
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> Two types of clowns which I'd like advice on!
>
> 1) Clown loach - mine have just started to do the "pretending to
> be dead" act. I have read this is typical loach behaviour, but
> is it because they are unhappy/happy/growing up/whatever?

I would not portray it as playing dead. I would call it chilling out.
They do it to be cool because they are a clown loach and they are not
under stress.

>
> 2) Clown synodontis - I was given a 7" female three months ago.
> She hides all day and I never see her move! I've never seen her
> out when I've had to disturb the tank at night either. I leave
> food out, and it goes, but it could be the pleco taking it. Any
> advice on how much I should feed at night, or how I can be sure
> she is ok - other than the fact she isn't dead yet?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Flash Wilson
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> "I'm an advocate of sex before marriage.
> Otherwise I wouldn't have had any at all."

[coelacanth]

> 1) Clown loach - mine have just started to do the "pretending to
> be dead" act. I have read this is typical loach behaviour, but
> is it because they are unhappy/happy/growing up/whatever?

As near as I can figure, it's because they are INSANE. Generally
with my guys it seems to precede bursts of manic activity, so
maybe it's like naptime in nursery school?

[RedForeman ©®]

> 1) Clown loach - mine have just started to do the "pretending to
> be dead" act. I have read this is typical loach behaviour, but
> is it because they are unhappy/happy/growing up/whatever?

You should see a full tank of them, like 20 or so, then there will
be three layers, which almost always the ones on top will be
upside down, looking like they're dead... but they're always sleeping...

I think they enjoy company, numbers, and the more you have, the better
they feel, being more comfortable with larger numbers... that's why everyone
says
no less than 3... I say no less than 6, but I can't have that many...

> 2) Clown synodontis - I was given a 7" female three months ago.
> She hides all day and I never see her move! I've never seen her
> out when I've had to disturb the tank at night either. I leave
> food out, and it goes, but it could be the pleco taking it. Any
> advice on how much I should feed at night, or how I can be sure
> she is ok - other than the fact she isn't dead yet?

A friend has one.. very skittish fish... not comfortable in any tank less
than the
55... and even then when she was put in a 90, still never came out....
but after 2 months, it died... not sure why...

[~Vicki ~]

As near as I can figure, it's because they are INSANE. Generally with my
guys it seems to precede bursts of manic activity, so maybe it's like
naptime in nursery school?
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>
>
>
My red tails are the same way. They really do make me laugh when they
are about. And what is really cool about them is that they are awake
during the day and I can enjoy them. They remind me of my ferrets,
they play hard and then seem to fall asleep where ever they get tired.
Saw one sleeping half in and out of my ship decoration yesterday.

Vicki

[D&M]

> 1) Clown loach - mine have just started to do the "pretending to
> be dead" act. I have read this is typical loach behaviour, but
> is it because they are unhappy/happy/growing up/whatever?

From 6am-7pm, they'll play around the tank, at almost exactly 7pm, they're
sound asleep. Can shine a flashlight at them or whatever and they won't wake
up.
When they were in their 30g tank a while back, they had their home in a log
where they slept. Intro'd a pim cat to the tank, and he claimed the log,
clowns had to move out. Every night between 7-7:30pm, they'd pile one on top
of the other in one corner, on their sides.
I've since moved them to a 90 with lots of hiding places, so don't see their
sleeping habits anymore, but theirs still one that'll put on a show late at
night, around 11pm he'll wake up and zoom around the tank until the lights
go out. As I write this, it's 2am, crazy guy's at the top of the tank
schooling with the Bala's.