New Clown Loach

"Sarah" wrote in message
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I added a clown loach to my tank this evening. I'm curious as to
whether it's acting normally or not. It seems to do a lot of laying
on its side in some corner or another. It is alive because I see it
moving every once in a while but I'm not used to fish just laying on
the bottom.

When I first put him in a few hours ago he laid under a decoration and
shook every once in a while. It kinda looked like he was having a
siezure. Is this normal for clown loaches?

The tank is cycled and well airated with only 1 platy and 2 larger
sixed fry.

There really isn't any 'normal' representative behaviour of a fish when
it has just been introduced to a new environment (other than acting
fearful). Loaches do lie on their sides sometimes, but I wouldn't read
too much into it for now. It's probably anxious to find more of his
kind, as they are very social creatures which would not do particularly
well alone. JMO

I'm assuming your water parameters were not too different, and the
temperature was the same by the time you released him into the tank.

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