On Thu, 31 May 2007 18:57:08 -0400, wrote:

In .com, on 05/10/07
at 10:16 PM, said:

Thanks to all for the great advice. I'm please to say that in the week
since my posting, I've seen both of them out and about--not nearly as
much as they were before, but they're healthy and somewhat active. I've
read quite a lot online about loaches and have discovered that two really
isn't enough, so I plan on adding two more.

Not sure why they got so shy so suddenly. But I guess that's just the way
it goes with fish sometimes.

If there is room in your tank to add more fish, I'd add three clown
loaches. They're happiest in small schools. They're expensive, but they
live a long time if properly cared for.

Here's a good loach site: loachesonline.com


Alan

I have 3 CL in a 29 and 9 in a 75 gallon tank. I see the 3 much more
than the 9. The 75 gallon has heavy bottom growth and they hide. For
a couple of years I rarely saw the 75 CLs, then I moved a very big CL
from the 29 and since then I see more of them, mostly for the morning
feeding.

I have had my CLs for 4 years. At one time I thought the Siamese
algae Eaters may have been a threat, but moving the Big Guy left 3 CLs
to 6 SAEs and yet the CLs swim about more without Big Guy.

In the morning, the 75 gallon tank is swarming with fish mostly
clustered where I put the food. Nobody seems afraid and no signs of
attacks. At the afternoon feeding the CLs seem to not think it worth
the effort to get food, while the rest of the community does.

Who can say what goes on in the fish mind?