View Full Version : Something attacked my clown loach?
blacksnow
07-07-2009, 01:55 AM
Was watching the clown loaches under my moonlight, and noticed 1 of them has the top portion of his/her tale gone. I turned on the main light, and it looks like a clean cut. Not sure how it could happen other then an attack though?
Possibly the Synodontis Catfish?
Thoughts?
Oscar_freak12321
07-07-2009, 02:50 AM
Hmm...no red around the injury? It might be fin rot but I doubt it. What species of Syno do you have? Looking at your stocking, my best guess is actually your CAEs...
blacksnow
07-07-2009, 02:59 AM
Hmm...no red around the injury? It might be fin rot but I doubt it. What species of Syno do you have? Looking at your stocking, my best guess is actually your CAEs...
Never seen any aggression from the CAE's. Def possible though =O
petricola is the type of syno...
Crispy
07-07-2009, 05:05 AM
Clowns like to fight amongst themselves.... more likely them than your syno.
agreed, not your synos, esp. petricola. I have kept these with angels and discus, and no problems. Some fish might have territory problems with not enough space.
I agree it sounds more like a fight between them selves, or the CAE's. Unless there is something that the Clown could get caught on in the tank causing the damage.
mac
blacksnow
07-07-2009, 05:28 PM
Well ill be monitoring the tank closely to see if there is any agression.
I will be rescaping the tank one of these weekends. I'm gonna pull the CAE's. Might pull the petricola as well. Getting tight in the 46...going to be putting a lot more plants in though. Not sure what I will do with the petricola. Could put him in 125 but would have to remove him down the road.
Think the caes would mess with my stingray?
Crispy
07-07-2009, 05:37 PM
Think the caes would mess with my stingray?
yes, he could very well mess with a ray. they've been known to suck-off the slime coats of slower moving fish.
IMO I would not add the CAE's with a ray. Would be to much of a danger to the ray losing it's slime coat.
mac
kennedpa
07-08-2009, 09:03 AM
IMO I would not add the CAE's with a ray. Would be to much of a danger to the ray losing it's slime coat.
mac
No mention of only one clown loach?:sconfused:
Commodore 64
07-08-2009, 01:47 PM
No mention of only one clown loach?:sconfused:
He used "loaches" in the OP, which indicates he has more than one.
Personally I think pet stores have no business selling clown loaches in the volume that they do. Just like bala sharks, loaches like to school and get big. I know someone who had 10 loaches, each one over 6 inches in a 90 gallon tank...they absolutely trashed everything in there. That tank accumulated nitrates like no other tank I've ever seen, it needed a water change every other day. They also tended to beat each other up as they all tried to fit in the same spots, whether a hollow volcano or a flower pot. They also absolutely destroyed a 4 inch RTS that presumed to go into one of their hidey holes.
I think clown loaches should have the same minimum requirements as bala sharks, at least a 125 and ideally 250 or better. Which pretty much eliminates 99% of the clown loach buying public. With that said, I don't blame the OP, because CLs are nice fish and I owned 4 of them in a 55g before realizing that they grow too big and are too active. I don't presume to judge folks. I've made more mistakes than anyone here probably, so I'd rather just give my opinion based on my experiences.
I dont think he needs advice anymore as it seems they banned blacksnow
domjd05
07-08-2009, 11:49 PM
why (besides the 2 closed threads..) was he banned?
Little Embers
07-09-2009, 01:14 AM
why (besides the 2 closed threads..) was he banned?
I know this thread is still open and I thought things were remaining quite civil...There may have been things going on behind the scenes that we were not privy too....
MonkeyPox
07-09-2009, 01:46 AM
I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did
...There may have been things going on behind the scenes that we were not privy too....
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