"2pods" wrote in message
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In my case it was the angels
stressing them, probably because of their size. My clowns are my
favourite
and I will never add another angel to their tank, even when they fall
out.
As long as water params are ok, one month in new tank should be enough
for
them to settle by now, so just maybe it's the same problem. They are so
easy to stress out, with Ich always possible, that you could try clowns
with platies/cories and see how they get on. Mary

Thanks Mary

The only problem is apart from the cost of another sizable tank (Rio 400
is
about 5' long), I've got nowhere to put one.

The reason I had moved the Trops downstairs was because CL are my
favourites
too :-)

Peter


My 3 new Clowns are in hiding at the moment - IME they need time to settle.
They are also tending to play in the air bubbles which is that the back of
the tank which means I can't see them too well.

My previous Clown experience was that I initially had 3 that gained in
confidence after a few days - sadly one of those died with the symptoms that
you described for the one you lost - I put it down to a parasite - as
Clowns, I believe, are wild caught this is quite a high possibility. I then
added another two - these were around 4 inches long and very nervous and
ended up with Ich. It wasn't until I added another two that these larger
ones gained enough confidence to come out in the open very much - this was
around 2 months after I first got them. My bigger ones quite often got
themselves stuck into driftwood - most notably they went in and the Plec
would return from his night activities and trap them. IME if they could get
in they could get out again - unless trapped by the Plec.

I also noticed that they were very sensitive to what was going on in the
tank. Any stress would cause problems. By stress I include agresssion
between tankmates fighting or the incident of the "alpha Clown Loach being
held prisoner by the Plec" - which actually led to an outbreak of Ich.

I adopt the policy of leaving them in peace. If they are in hiding, unless I
suspect some underlying illness, I left them alone. The temptation to move
driftwood was/is great but I resist.

So I would go along with Mary on it might be other fish stressing them (keep
an eye out for any signs of Ich). My previous Clowns :-( certainly thrived
with higher numbers and I will certainly be adding more to the new 3 once
these have been through QT and move on to the Community Tank.

Gill