"Small" says it all. I have 5 tanks four have Clown Loaches. They
take food from the other fish. Very actively top feeding. One CL was
a runt and wasn't competitive. I finally moved him to a Q tank with
some baby mollies. He has been eating well and growing. Still small
for his age, but now quite aggressive eating flake food.

If you can separate the CLs into a less aggressive tank, perhaps they
will become competitive as mine has. Of course, I can't say what
would happen if I put him back in one of the community tanks. I don't
plan to try.

By the way, much has been said about keeping one CL alone. This one
seems quite content to have no CLs about. He chums with the mollies.

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:30:09 -0000, "Jim" wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I have a new tank and 5 Glow Light Tetras, 2 Clown Loach (small). I feed
flakes and cat fish pellets (1/10 inch diameter, approx). The clowns don't
seem to get much food when I feed, no matter what I do. All the books say
"feed all they can eat in 2 (or 5 minutes)", but the Tetras eat virtually
everything, even the cat fish food- leaving very little for the clowns!

Should I be looking for some other food to keep the Loaches happy, or will
they find what they need from the tank floor?

I am new to this so many thanks for your patience!

Jim.