clown loach galore.

[milkman407]

Ordered 50 of them 2-3" will be talking to the dealer tomorrow about the shipping method and his terms. If all goes well should be here monday night or tuesday depending on when he ships.

should be a fun next 2 days.

[rallysman]

Good luck adding all of them at once. I hope you have some extra bacteria and a quarantine tank:)

[ewurm]

50 loaches? That's too many. Too many that didn't end up in my tank.

[aquatic_wonders]

Ordered 50 of them 2-3" will be talking to the dealer tomorrow about the shipping method and his terms. If all goes well should be here monday night or tuesday depending on when he ships.

should be a fun next 2 days.
How big is the tank you'll put them in?

[JD_MAN]

I'll give you my address so you know where to ship them. ;)

[milkman407]

its a dual tank setup, they will all be in a 108gallon 70x24x16 untill i move them into the 360.

theres a 108g and a 180 hooked up to the filter. and when i add the loaches to the 108 i will be takeing half the media out of my 360 gallons w/d and be putting that into the 180 and as mush as i can into the other w/d. I have a pic some where on here of the filter thats hooked up, its more than enough media to handle that.


i have an extra canister filter i could hook up to, along with 5 sponge filters. I planned this out :)

I also have a shippment of datnoids comming in.

[js302]

sounds like a blast.
hope it all goes well!
do they grow fast? what are their growth rates like?
i know u want 50 MONSTER LOACHES SOON!!!!!

[milkman407]

they grow pretty slow, i had 4 that i bought all at 2" and 6 months later most of them were 3" and i had one that was 7". but they all died due to a power outage.

[Zeppelin3k]

congrats man, cant wait to see some pics

[Lupin]

Good luck.;)

[milkman407]

Good luck.;)

thanks, hope i dont need it though :confused:

[KaraJo]

Keep us updated!! Can't wait to see these beauties!

What I would do for 50 loaches....only 46 more, and I could catch ya!

[milkman407]

Calling the place now, to see whats going on.
I'm kinda scared to get so many fish at once now, thanks rally :(!!!

[Datnoid101]

At that size I would definately recommend a UV. When I first put my 100 clown loaches together at that size they did good for about a couple weeks but still got ich. My water temp was at 86 and still no help. I added a 15w UV and it helped tremendously. I love when huge numbers of loaches school and dart in the same direction.

[AiR foRc3 wUnZ]

Its monday night. Are they there yet?! :D

[rallysman]

I've lost more fish in the short time of using UV than the long time that I never used it. Coincidence? maybe....but my UV stays off lol.

[Lupin]

thanks, hope i dont need it though :confused:
You need it with such a large order.:nilly: Hope every single clown is going to be okay.:headbang2

[milkman407]

same, I exspect some to die on the way here, hope not though. I have a uv hooked up to the tank already, not sure if i'm gona keep it on or not.


nope they arrive wend, along with a couple other fish.

[reverse]

are you buying loaches or male flowerhorns............

[nolapete]

I'd put half in the 108 and half in the 180 or at least split them up some kind of way.

[milkman407]

All are dripping, I ordered acouple fish that ended up being something else. pics to come. when there in the tank.

added 5 sponge filters lots of gunk from the old w/d.

and moved out some fish into a different tank. So much going on its insane.

[AiR foRc3 wUnZ]

Oh nice! Get pix! Any oddballs?

[milkman407]

I'm not sure if they start getting the pattern when they hit a certain size, but alot of them only have 2 stripes. but most have 3, cant tell untill they stop hiding behind filterfloss.

pics 2mrw.

[AiR foRc3 wUnZ]

Did you get the pix?

[milkman407]

no, I had to go to the eye doc, than went out for dinner and just got back.

I promise to get pics 2mrw.

[AiR foRc3 wUnZ]

Ok cool.

[milkman407]

Ok cool.

They go nuts when im near the tank, there so cute at this size. There eating frozen blood worms right now, gona go out and get some clams and oysters for them tomorrow :)

[AiR foRc3 wUnZ]

Oh nice! I get clams from my lake. Never tried to feed them to my fish tho...

[milkman407]

I believe ewurm feeds them still on the shell to his loaches. is there anything i should feed them to fatten them up or make the grow faster? I was thinking about soaking the food in some vita chem but what else?

[KaraJo]

Any oddballs in your group?? Looking forward to pics of these guys!!

[milkman407]

Not that i can tell, i dont know if they keep there oddballs, or if they get the pattern when bigger there 1". But Some have the normal stripes, while some are kinda rounded. hopefully when bigger they will get odd patterns.

[KaraJo]

I believe ewurm feeds them still on the shell to his loaches. is there anything i should feed them to fatten them up or make the grow faster? I was thinking about soaking the food in some vita chem but what else?

Have you checked out ewurm's blog?? He says seafood is a good food to bulk them up. Here is a link, go take a look:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/blog.php?b=1

[ewurm]

I believe ewurm feeds them still on the shell to his loaches. is there anything i should feed them to fatten them up or make the grow faster? I was thinking about soaking the food in some vita chem but what else?

I would feed a majority of frozen foods for bulking. Mussels are a great option. Buy green mussels on the half shell from an Asian food market. Thanks for the plug, Kara Jo. My blog will get you an excellent start at bulking those new loaches up.

BTW, I am not claiming to be an expert. All posted material is in my experience.

[mssassysan2000]

Good luck on the 50pack hope all ends well be sure to post pic's when they arrive.:headbang2

[milkman407]

2 have died sence them arriving, The tanks orange right now due to some of the medicine i put in there, so i cant get pics till later.

[Bogwoodbruce]

2 have died sence them arriving, The tanks orange right now due to some of the medicine i put in there, so i cant get pics till later.
So have you got 48 then?

[milkman407]

If tfd decided to count right than yes, i should have 48.

But god knows how many i actully have, considering tfd sent me mangrove snapper instead of silver datnoids..

[bmxer4ever]

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[JD_MAN]

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He never posts pics. :irked::popcorn:;)

[Primus]

Pics or the loaches never happened!!! :naughty:

[milkman407]

Yea i know, I'm sitting here with the camera in front of me and about 1/4 of the loach pac in a pic but I'm to lazy :)

Relax i'm uploading a pic now.

[milkman407]

best pic i could do right now there to hard to capture.
If tfd actully sent me a count of 50, than I should have about 45+ right now. I believe only 3 - 4 have died, and they all had sunk in stomachs.

there tank mates are , 1 sad datnoid all alone, and 4 Small Pbass

[Lupin]

Cool!:headbang2

[Mystix212]

They look like nano-clowns in the full tank shot. Hopefully the tank will look like this someday.
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3754/lostaclownsuj6.png

[iORi]

whaa loach madness!! nice mystix!! milkman grow them out to that size c'mon hurry up!!!

[ewurm]

Awesome shoal, milkman! Bulk them up!

[bmxer4ever]

Congrats, at least 37 in the last pic! As far as oddballs go, the patterns they have when they are small are they patterns they will always have. Any that I have grown out from that size have remained the same. You might get the odd slight spot come through, but generally I've found them to stay the same as they mature.

[8o8apbt]

Nice loaches! They look real happy to be in that tank:D

[milkman407]

I moved them into a 45gallon tank, The lil fattys eat from my hand now, and wow they feel weird when they nip at your fingers. they wont stop clicking though.. thought I was going crazy.

Atleast 4 have died sence that first pic :(. I'm down to about 26ish if i had to guess. I will take them out and count them one day.

I found a lfs that sells them for 3.00$ at about 2-3" while mine are 1- 1.5". But I'm only getting the healthy fat loaches that I find :).

Hopefully, by the time they all grow out to 6" i'll have an easy 20+ to put into my 360gallon.

[Mystix212]

They may take a few years to achieve that size. The tank of clowns that I posted must be worth some serious coin. Consisting of some 70 odd clowns in a 240G or something larger.