Clown Loaches won't eat Top Fin shrimp pellets??

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 03:46:26 GMT, "BigBadGourami"
wrote:

My clown loaches were not to thrilled with the top fin shrimp pellets at
first either. They would ignore them and eventually the gouramis and live
bearers would come down and slowly eat them. I would feed the clown loaches
bits of frozen shrimp and frozen blood worms instead. Then, after a while,
they decided they liked it and eat them daily. It is quite amusing to watch
a clown loach swim around with a shrimp pellet sticking out of his mouth. My
pleco loves it too. He just sucks on it like a popsicle. Also my khuli
loaches and all the other fish like to nibble on them as well. My
suggestion is keep trying them only put one or two in per day. Sooner or
later they will get hungry and adventurous enough to try them. Maybe if you
try a bit of frozen shrimp the loaches will develop a better taste for
shrimp and be more receptive to the shrimp pellets

I wonder if the reported large size of Clown Loaches is due to a rich
diet. I only feed flake food which they eat readilly, swimming up to
the top and practically jerking food out of other mouths. I have many
Clowns and none larger than 4 inches. I am glad they are not growing
as I have no room to have more tanks. Clowns add activity and color
and often strange behavior. Mine used to "die" for hours on end. For
awhile, those in my 75 gallon tank, formed a daisy chain around one
plant and "died." I used to worry about the dead, now I miss the
behavior. I only wish they were not so good at concealment. I have 6
in my 75 gallon tank and there are hours when I can't spot even one.
I do a count at fish time just to reassure myself. g