Clown loaches and Amano shrimps

Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:

The 6 footer has Amano shrimps in it. I remember someone passing a
comment that the Clowns would eat the shrimps. Anyone have any ideas on
this?

Mine sure enjoy shrimp pellets.....

Pastor Winter
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Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:

The 6 footer has Amano shrimps in it. I remember someone passing a
comment that the Clowns would eat the shrimps. Anyone have any ideas on
this?

Mine sure enjoy shrimp pellets.....

Pastor Winter
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Pastor Steve Winter wrote:
Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:


The 6 footer has Amano shrimps in it. I remember someone passing a
comment that the Clowns would eat the shrimps. Anyone have any ideas on
this?


Mine sure enjoy shrimp pellets.....

Pastor Winter

Hi and welcome to the group :-)

Every Clown Loach troupe I've had bar these three would eat anything
greedily...they would be right up there at the top trying to steal the
food straight from my hands....These guys are a different
matter...they've certainly demolished the snails and grub around at the
bottom of the tank but are not outgoing at all - I'm hoping that moving
them to one of the other tanks will improve this...

What fish do you have other than the Clowns? (I must admit CLs are one
of my favourite fish)

Gill

Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:


What fish do you have other than the Clowns? (I must admit CLs are one
of my favourite fish)

Well a couple of fake sharks (gentle cat fish), allergy eater
(big one), one albino cat (tiny, left over from a pair), three
of some kind of small barb that keep living for ages, a couple of
giant danios (allow me to be hooked on phonics here). And a
couple of some other small kind that the fish store people said
would be OK. And the 2 clowns left of the 7 sigh. New tank
(55), new filter, many plants..... (same gravel two filters now
including the Whisper 30/60 from the old tank and a new one that
the "real" local fish store recommended with big ole charcoal
filter). trying to get the Nitrate down before adding more
fishes.

Also it seems like every third time or so I put something in
there new I end up with ich or something...

I hope to add some more clowns when/if the Nitrate gets down. I
really would like to have a balance where the plants take care of
the Nitrate.

Pastor Winter
--
Apostolic Oneness Pentecostal /*/ PreRapture Ministry
http://www.apostolic.biz for Bible studies (text and audio)
Have you obeyed Acts 2:38 as Paul taught in Acts 19:4-6?

Pastor Steve Winter wrote:
Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:


What fish do you have other than the Clowns? (I must admit CLs are one
of my favourite fish)


Well a couple of fake sharks (gentle cat fish), allergy eater
(big one), one albino cat (tiny, left over from a pair), three
of some kind of small barb that keep living for ages, a couple of
giant danios (allow me to be hooked on phonics here). And a
couple of some other small kind that the fish store people said
would be OK. And the 2 clowns left of the 7 sigh. New tank
(55), new filter, many plants..... (same gravel two filters now
including the Whisper 30/60 from the old tank and a new one that
the "real" local fish store recommended with big ole charcoal
filter). trying to get the Nitrate down before adding more
fishes.

Also it seems like every third time or so I put something in
there new I end up with ich or something...

I hope to add some more clowns when/if the Nitrate gets down. I
really would like to have a balance where the plants take care of
the Nitrate.

Pastor Winter

I only ever really have seen a build up of nitrates in a lightly planted
tank but mine tend to be jungles in the main. I don't use carbon in any
of the filters unless I'm pulling out meds from the water - you could
post on the subject and get a healthy should you/shouldn't you use it
debate going on the newsgroup.

I have had major problems with Clowns and Ich....this time I put the
Clowns into a 15 gall tank with some dither fish and (touchwood) have
not had any ich (yet) and they have been there a good couple of months
or so - I'm still trying to pick which tank to make there eventual home.

I've adopted the policy of visiting the LFS on multiple occassions to
check out the Clowns before even considering buying them - any sign of
spots and I avoid....it makes the buying process a lot longer but less
heartache than rushing it and losing them through Ich. I would never,
now, mix new Clowns with established ones without QT first. Some on this
ng would advocate preemptive treatment while the fish are in QT - with
Ich this is probably sound advice.

Are your fish still in the old tank or have you moved them across? If
you still have the old tank up and running it might be an idea to use it
to QT some new Clowns before putting them in with your remaining 2.

Gill

Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:

Are your fish still in the old tank or have you moved them across? If
you still have the old tank up and running it might be an idea to use it
to QT some new Clowns before putting them in with your remaining 2.

Old tank is long gone.

I had thought that the carbon filter was one of the basics. I
also have a thing in there that removes ammonia and one that is
supposed to remove nitrates and a bio filter....

Regards,

Pastor Winter
--
Apostolic Oneness Pentecostal /*/ PreRapture Ministry
http://www.apostolic.biz for Bible studies (text and audio)
Have you obeyed Acts 2:38 as Paul taught in Acts 19:4-6?

Pastor Steve Winter wrote:
Gill Passman spake thusly and
wrote:


Are your fish still in the old tank or have you moved them across? If
you still have the old tank up and running it might be an idea to use it
to QT some new Clowns before putting them in with your remaining 2.


Old tank is long gone.

I had thought that the carbon filter was one of the basics. I
also have a thing in there that removes ammonia and one that is
supposed to remove nitrates and a bio filter....

Regards,

Pastor Winter

Why don't you post a new topic on this giving details on what filtration
system you have and what media you are using? There are lots of people
on this newsgroup that would be more than happy to discuss this with you...

Gill