Anybody else think loaches are the best fish ever?

[P.A.NativesBPM]

Hey guys, just wanted to share some of my experiences with loaches and ask you to do the same. A couple days ago, I bought three Burmese botias and I LOVE them. Even owning them just a couple days, they seem to get excited when I walk to the tank. And do anybody else's loaches click? Because when I feed my loaches, they make a very audible clicking sound (which I read they would do with their teeth. I just didn't believe it) and it surprises me I can hear it so well from a 1.5" loach in a 75 gallon tank. They also seem to try to play with other fish in the tank! They (try to) push my angels when they are just standing still (and I don't worry because they aren't sucking anything off if them) and sometimes they even lay on my pleco's back for a ride. Best little creatures ever! Anybody else with funny loach experiences like this please tell us!


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[Paulbearer]

I just turned my 75 to a loach tank and have 5 burmese, 3 dwarfs "sids", 2 zippers. I'm getting 10 - 20 more loachs to the tank to include some more sids, zippers, queens and zebras. I love the tank and the movement of the tank is great. I also have 6 red tail botias in my 220 because they are a lot more aggressive. Here is a little video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hQiQtDmgds&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[Paulbearer]

[video=youtube;1hQiQtDmgds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hQiQtDmgds&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

 

[Vancouver_98683]

Loaches are way cool! Nice video with the background.

 

[balaman04032]

i like when they click and play dead

 

[JayC74]

I love all loaches, but my group of clown loaches have become my favorite fish in my 300 gal.

 

[ecoli73]

I have 28 clowns and 3 red tails in my 300. When they eat, it sounds like my tank is cracking....

 

[F1 VET]

Their ok, a pretty common fish imo but the more rare loaches are sweet




#1 S. Vettel

 

[anarekist]

lol when i see my biggest clown loach playing dead on his side i have like a split second heart attack.

 

[JayC74]

Their ok, a pretty common fish imo but the more rare loaches are sweet





#1 S. Vettel

I like rare fish to. I ignored clown loaches in pet stores all the time for 20 years of fishkeeping because they are so common. But once i took a chance on a group of 5 to 6inchers, i never looked back. I've had big cats, syno cats of many types, big exotic plecos, etc (for bottom dwellers) nothing compares (IMO) to a group of mature clown loaches for visual entertainment. I got a couple 11inchers that act like the parents of the group.

My new 6inch oddball clown aquisition i think has A.D.D, he swims up & down the glass all day long (non-stop). Now he's got 4or5 others that copy him. It makes me dizzy sometimes watching them. lol