Is this normal behavior (Clown Loaches)

[JeffinMS]

Sometimes (Like right now) the Loaches race up and down the tank at high
speed. Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
normal?

[Gill Passman]

JeffinMS wrote:
> Sometimes (Like right now) the Loaches race up and down the tank at high
> speed. Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
> normal?
>
>
Providing that they are in good health, feeding well and no parasites
(ich) and that your water quality is good.....yep, quite normal for
Clowns - I call it "dancing" :-)

Do yours also collapse in a heap together, often on their backs?

Gill

[JeffinMS]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
> JeffinMS wrote:
> > Sometimes (Like right now) the Loaches race up and down the tank at high
> > speed. Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
> > normal?
> >
> >
> Providing that they are in good health, feeding well and no parasites
> (ich) and that your water quality is good.....yep, quite normal for
> Clowns - I call it "dancing" :-)
>
> Do yours also collapse in a heap together, often on their backs?
>

Yes, my wife saw it for the first time last week and thought they were dead.

[Gill Passman]

JeffinMS wrote:
> "Gill Passman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>JeffinMS wrote:
>>
>>>Sometimes (Like right now) the Loaches race up and down the tank at high
>>>speed. Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
>>>normal?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Providing that they are in good health, feeding well and no parasites
>>(ich) and that your water quality is good.....yep, quite normal for
>>Clowns - I call it "dancing" :-)
>>
>>Do yours also collapse in a heap together, often on their backs?
>>
>
>
> Yes, my wife saw it for the first time last week and thought they were dead.
>
>
Yeah, I remember the first time I saw them do it - it was panic
stations...and then they just swam off without a care in the world :-)

[Mister Gardener]

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:54:07 +0100, Gill Passman
> wrote:

>JeffinMS wrote:
>> "Gill Passman" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>JeffinMS wrote:
>>>
>>>>Sometimes (Like right now) the Loaches race up and down the tank at high
>>>>speed. Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
>>>>normal?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Providing that they are in good health, feeding well and no parasites
>>>(ich) and that your water quality is good.....yep, quite normal for
>>>Clowns - I call it "dancing" :-)
>>>
>>>Do yours also collapse in a heap together, often on their backs?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, my wife saw it for the first time last week and thought they were dead.
>>
>>
>Yeah, I remember the first time I saw them do it - it was panic
>stations...and then they just swam off without a care in the world :-)

This reminds me of a couple of girls I knew in college.

-- Mister Gardener

[Frank]

JeffinMS wrote,
>Up and down and up and down. Like they are going crazy. Is this
>normal? .........

Being clown loaches, I would say yes, but you might want to check the
nitrAte level anyway. Sometimes (with other fish) these type of
movements can be due to high levels of nitrAtes........... Frank