"Tynk" wrote in message
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Great to hear things are getting better! = )
As for the Clowns not eating, have you tried:
Frozen Bloodworms?
Frozen Brine shrimp?

Yep! I always have them on hand. Also have the mixed pack and tried frozen
beef heart. They come over at feeding time but act very nervous and
fearful. Maybe they just need more time. Both loaches have moved into the
hollow juniper log where they take their brakes and naps. The poor clown
pleco has moved under a bushy plant.

If you have, did you just let loose with the food in the tank, or get
it down right by them, or in their hidey holes?

All the other fish get it before it hits bottom. I've been dropping shrimp
pellets for the corys and they eat them, but the loaches stay around
midwater. They don't act like they see the food falling. They're seldom on
the bottom. They don't look like they're getting thin.

When I first got a second Peacock Eel he hid inside a rock cave during
feeding time. By the time he'd venture out the food was eaten up.
I had to take my "feeding dropper" (a childs liquid medicine dropper)
and release bloodworms right inside the cave for it.
I did that for a couple of weeks. When he started to peek his head out
to grab some food before it was released, I would then release a small
amount of worms outside the cave. In no time he was out and about
searching for food with his buddy.

That's was a good idea. These loaches are all over the place though. My
last ones did eat anything I fed so I think these little guys just need more
time to settle in and get over their fears. They're very jittery and
nervous. At least they're coming over at feeding time. How large do peacock
eels get?

When I'm trying to coax a fish to eat I tend to over feed a little, so
I do adjust my water change schedule.
I just love how your clown kicked the pleco out of his home and took
over.

That was funny! :-D And the loach didn't harm it either, just sort of
"aggravated" and annoyed it until it left for the bottom. The log in
question is floating at the front of the tank and is partly hollow. The
loach really wanted that cavern. This morning I saw both loaches go in
together. ;-) I'm going to get two more the next time I go to town if the
store still has them. I don't see nice healthy deeply colored loaches all
that often.

I also spied 3 new young Sunburst platys hiding in the plants. :-))
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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