On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:26:31 +0200, "Ali Day"
wrote:


"Dick" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:06:35 GMT, Victor Martinez
wrote:

Glenn Woodell wrote:
And you have yours in a 10,000 gallon tank? My loach is quite happy
where he
is and my water chemisty is fine.

I have 7 clown loaches in a 110 gallon tank. So, how exactly do you
figure your clown loach is "quite happy"?


Your question was not to me, but I have an opinion. I have 13 Clown
Loaches in 4 tanks. The CL by himself was with others when younger,
but was not doing well. How do I know? He didn't move around, get
bigger, poor color. I moved him to my quarantine tank and he started
eating, putting on weight and color. After 4 months when he appeared
well, I put him back to his original tank. He dug a cave under some
rocks and came out rarely in the day time. (no idea about night) I
moved him back to the Q tank and he is swimming about and comes up to
the top at feeding time.

My 8 clowns have been in the new tank about 3 days, so they are still
getting used to it. I always had plenty of hidy holes in my old 75g tank,
and that was a bit of a problem, I didn't know if I even had 8 loaches in
the tank anymore, I never saw them. When I pulled everything out of the tank
last week, lo and behold, all 8 loaches, and a couple of them had turned
into right old fatties.
I even found a couple of shrimps that I hadn't seen in 6 months.
Now they're in the new tank, alot softer sand, but still the same hidy
holes, they aren't interested in them, one or two will take a quick break in
their old hole, but then join the rest flying round the tank. They only used
to come out when it was dark, and now they are only out when it's light, and
as soon as the light goes off they disappear into their holes.
And the discus have bloomed in the new tank, fins seem bigger, maybe it's
because they have so much room now.

complete inventory (hence the reason for a new tank)
3 discus 6"
8 clowns 3 - 7"
2 plecs (no idea what type, but haven't grown past 5" in two years)
10 rummy nosed tetras 1"
6 glass catfish 4"
3 SAE
2 shrimps (japonica)

I am so disappointed when my Clown Loaches pull the disappearing act.
They almost always show up for feeding time. I never had any luck
with shrimp (ghost). They either jumped out or ended up in my power
filter.