Clown loaches in a 55 gallon?

[jaxy4]

With CLs the bigger the group the better they are. A larger group may cause you to have to rehome sooner, but I would not go with less then 7.

Yeah, I was going to go with 6 because of the social factor.
Im just curious as to why he said 4.


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[bulldovii]

I had just said 4 because my 4 are absolutely happy and it would reduce the bio load. Also less fish means more time you could keep them comfortably in a 55. If you plan on keeping a bunch of cory's in there too the lower level of your aquarium is going to be really busy.

I had always heard that you should keep more than 4 but my LFS only had 4 so I bought them. I a year later they are still in doing great.

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[jaxy4]

Gotcha. I see what you mean, will take it into consideration after some research


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[bulldovii]

I happened to see you live in Illinois. I'll be moving back in a month or so. Where you Located? You never can have too many fish keeper resources in the middle of nowhere.

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[jaxy4]

I currently live like 45 minutes from the town of Joliet. I know of a few places that sell fish that aren't chains. Even though the Petland there has some nice selections


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[bulldovii]

That's cool. I'll be in the mt vernon/Fairfield area... Way down south. Closest lfs is about an hour away. I'll probably end up with a native tank. I'm half way there anyway.

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[jaxy4]

Thats how it is where I am in Wilmington. Nothing that sells fish but thank goodness Im in town every weekend.
Where are you coming back from?


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[bulldovii]

I'm at Fort Gordon, GA in the Army right now. Been in about 13 years.. Time to try something new.

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[David R]

55GAL 12inch of width = ample amount of turning radius for many years

CLs will never physically outgrow a tank like say a silver arowana would, but the 4' length will slow their growth long before the look "too big" for the tank and will ultimately shorten their lifespan. I've watched a bunch of healthy clowns in a 4' tank slow down and stop growing at 5-6" and none made it past ~10 years old, which when you consider they could love for 20+ years and get to ~12" is pretty poor IMO.


4' length will do for a while, but IMO if you want to do the right thing and keep them happy, healthy and growing then get them into a 6'+ tank with plenty of current by the time they hit 4".

 

[jaxy4]

4' length will do for a while, but IMO if you want to do the right thing and keep them happy, healthy and growing then get them into a 6'+ tank with plenty of current by the time they hit 4".

That is what I planned on doing




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