View Full Version : Clown Loaches in a Planted Tank
Vitaliy
10-14-2005, 7:24 PM
I am thinking of giving plants another shot, I have to go to a store in a couple of days anyway, so Ill grab bunch of easy care plants like Java Moss.
I am just wondering how would Clown Loaches react to this? Are they plant eaters? Also suggestions for other easy-to-care for plants are welcome..
DeLgAdO
10-14-2005, 7:27 PM
clown do very well with plants
go ahead and give it a go
as for plant suggestion is i would go with java moss :thumbsup:
DanDanUK
10-14-2005, 7:28 PM
I am thinking of giving plants another shot, I have to go to a store in a couple of days anyway, so Ill grab bunch of easy care plants like Java Moss.
I am just wondering how would Clown Loaches react to this? Are they plant eaters? Also suggestions for other easy-to-care for plants are welcome..
Great Most Fish speices love planted aqurium, It's just that some fish like to tear them apart.
Your clown loaches will love the plants !
Vitaliy
10-14-2005, 7:29 PM
Awesome! Will get some pics whenever I get them plants. :woot:
guppy
10-14-2005, 10:04 PM
They never caused me any problems.
HarleyK
10-15-2005, 2:44 PM
Also suggestions for other easy-to-care for plants are welcome..
Howdy,
Cryptocorynen are great, they grow nicely, form dense vegetation and fish like to hide in them. They are just sensitive when transplanted or after big waterchanges after long intervals. They lose their leaves but rapidly grow new ones.
Great idea to give your fish some green to hide in :thumbsup:
HarleyK
rweedon
10-15-2005, 2:46 PM
get some najas (najas indica) impossible to kill... unless you have a tank full of large silvers like I do... he he he
Vitaliy
10-15-2005, 6:04 PM
Thanks, will go to the store on Monday and will keep my eyes open for everything listed.
sjo501
11-02-2005, 5:13 PM
Plants and clown loaches couldn't be a more beautiful mix. I have 6 loaches in a 75g with which I am going for a dutch planted tank look. They stand out so well against the green and even begin to behave a bit differently by hugging the plants instead of the bottom. To start out try some larger plants in back and fill in the foreground with something that spreads easy like pygmy chain swords. The clowns will weave in, out, and above these when they get dense. Awesome.
Bob1962
11-02-2005, 8:07 PM
I have had best luck with a plant called swords? It even holds up to oscars.
i got 6 clowns in my 55gallon and my big ones are uprooting it. but now the plants have rooted in more so they are fine
ballsmcgee1234
11-10-2005, 3:59 PM
What plants have you tried so far?
Vitaliy
11-10-2005, 4:14 PM
What plants have you tried so far?
Javafern, Aponogeton ulvaceus, and another one I can not ID.
Driftw00d
11-14-2005, 12:03 AM
Clown loaches are also good for keeping down the snail population that you will get shortly after adding plants.
Nelly
12-04-2005, 10:17 AM
I have two clowns in my tank. They prefer meat instead of plants. Once in a great while they will nibble on my plants. The clowns make nice little round holes in the leaves. But my tank is now snail free.
Shonky Pongo
12-05-2005, 5:56 AM
I think plants not only add a place to hide and play, but also a more natural enviroment. Keeping you aquascape as close as you can to what life you would expect to see in the wild. Then you can sit and stare, be taken away to another world, after 'one of those days'