Clown loach compatability questions

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kdrun76

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A friend of my husband wants to give me the 3 clown loaches in his tank so he can take the tank down and get rid of it.

I am not sure if I can take them or not and am hoping someone can help me out.

I have 2 potential tanks for them. I am worried about compatibility with my existing fish in one and environment in the other.

180 gallon (5'x2' foot print)
1 tilapia (20+inches long- territorial ass hole)
1 Common pleco (13" inches)
1 tiger loach (10+inches)
1 jewel cichlid
8 tiger barbs
20 danios (assortment of species)

This tank is NOT planted and has standard aquarium gravel as its substrate. I am worried most about the tilapia and the tiger loach.


125 gallon (6' x 1.5' footprint)
5 goldfish
3 hillstream loaches
1 pitbull pleco
1 clown pleco
12 white cloud Mountain minnows

This tank is planted, but is not heated, its substrate is pea gravel from Agway. In this tank I would worry about winter time water temps and the gravel being too harsh on their tender noses.




I am not willing to set up another tank for these fish. Could they be placed into either tank? I also don't want to attain enough additional clown loaches to complete the school.

Should I help this guy out, or tell him to ask someone else?
 
I wouldn't put them in either
 
Motoxer777 said:
im looking for some to put in my tank

ill take them off his hands
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Santa Paula isn't very close to CT. Are you going to pay for shipping and such?
 
Rampant83 said:
While great fish, the CL wouldn't do well in either of those set ups
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This is exactly where I am at. I know how great they are to have and have often pondered getting them. But that tilapia is Lord and Master of his tank, and I know the tiger loach in there can be a real stinker when he wants to be. I just don't think the clowns would thrive.

So I thought about the goldfish tank..Its indoors and is just what ever temperature my living room is. I often leave my heat at its lowest setting and wear a hat in the house rather than raise the temp on the furnace. It gets down to 58 in the winter although in the summer its a lot higher than I want to admit to.
 
any one else have a thought?
 
Clown loaches are tropical fish, there's no way they would be able to handle 58 degrees long term. I've found they actually prefer around 84 degrees.
 
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