Disappearing Clown Loaches (long)

"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
Could you move the 55g down as well, where platies are, add the clowns in
their log.
How do the 7 angels get on? I have 6 now, across 3 tanks. Spawning pair
with wigglers, getting better at parent raising after eating them before, in
Rio 125, 4 were in 180, but didn't get along, so 2 with male platies and the
smaller 2 in rekord 96. My clowns are my favourite because after trying to
keep angels happy, clowns are just so happy together, and not thinking about
breeding, just playing all day, living up to their name, whereas some angels
are anything but angelic!!

Could you move the 55g down as well, where platies are, add the clowns in
their log.
How do the 7 angels get on? I have 6 now, across 3 tanks. Spawning pair
with wigglers, getting better at parent raising after eating them before,
in Rio 125, 4 were in 180, but didn't get along, so 2 with male platies
and the smaller 2 in rekord 96. My clowns are my favourite because after
trying to keep angels happy, clowns are just so happy together, and not
thinking about breeding, just playing all day, living up to their name,
whereas some angels are anything but angelic!!

Can't move the Rio 240 down as the Rio 400 takes up all of the back wall of
the living room as it is, and I think my partner might have something to say
:-)

At the moment the Rio 240 has:
all the Platys I couldn't get out (about 10, ranging from just above eating
stage to small adult), the new fish from Tri-Mar (1 very small SAE {Monty
says they're impossible to get in any size these days}, 2 Sterbai Corys {was
3 but 1 died}, 6 Bronze Corys, 6 new small Clown Loaches, and 1 small Angel
{replacement for one that was DOA}).

The Rio 400 has 3 adult Angels (rescue jobs, they could be about 3), 3 young
adult gold veiltail Angels, about 10 Platys, 4 big SAE's, 2 big and 2 small
Weather Loaches that refused to be evicted with the pond fish, 4 Elegans
Corys, 2 Bronze and 1 Albino Corys (again, rescue jobs from the same place
as the Angels),
There is a bit of argy-bargy with the Angels now and then, but nothing
serious.

Peter