Annoying clown loach

[Barnaby Jones]

I have one clown loach, the last survivor of a failed journey into the depths of a submarine ornament. Him and his two buddies crammed themselves into a small submarine ornament and by the time I noticed they were missing one had already died. After a partially successful deep sea extraction another loach got sick and died (probably from being crammed in a sub with his dead buddy). Now, the sole survivor has gone missing. Needless to say I took the sub out, and made sure there were no other small places for him to hide. He managed tof ind something.

Tonight, I will venture deep into my tank ornaments to attempt and extraction. Wish me luck.

Freaken clown loaches!!!

[Demjor19]

Clowns are known to get themselves into trouble. I had to remove decore a few times due to similar experiences, but I managed to save all of mine. Sorry to hear about your losses and good luck in the future.

[Brookfish]

He's probably looking for his buds poor fella, or missing them
and hiding out somewhere, he'll show up, don't worry.

Ps I trust you got rid of the offending ornament?
Sorry I see you already did, nice job!

[angelcakes]

clown loaches get stuck here there and everywhere,provide hiding places for them that have large holes etc, hope you find him soon:14:

[Sharon]

I hope you find him. Get him some new buddies. They really don't do well, alone...

[Crispy]

I agree with Sharon... get him some buddies!! my loaches all cram themselves into the same spots, but I know where they are, so no probs.

[Lady Hobbs]

Those fake ornaments are death to fish. I had a castle that killed a loach and a couple gourami's and another loach got stuck in a hole in my driftwood. Amazing what a great job plastic bags do crammed into those holes to block them up.

[Wild Turkey]

Yup ornaments are a common cause of death for clowns

[Crispy]

.........but clowns also need these places to hide in so they feel more comfortable in the tank. Mine cram into a hollowed out log with multiple entrances/exits (with my raphael cat).

[Gemini]

I just use PVC pipe pieces now for my loaches. That and rocks. The little buggers are amazing at what they will cram into!!!

[mac]

Sorry about you problem.
That is why most people with Loaches make large caves out of rock, so they have less a chance to get stuck in them.

Hope all goes well for you.

mac

[Barnaby Jones]

Well, I cant find him..no where. I think he must have been eaten. I have a large aggressive fish in there, but they seemed to get along....and the big fish was so slow he couldn't even keep up. Darn, poor guy. I am at a loss, I have a 6-7 inch flowerhorn in there, but the loach is at least 3 1/2 inches long, and chubby..I just can't picture the FH fitting him in his mouth, you'd think there would be scraps left over..




I'm a bad dad!

:scry: