Clown loaches...Is 4f diameter round plastic pond - 240G polyehtylene
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Thanks Wailua Boy.
I just lured the rest of them out with some food. I don't know if its any consolation or not but the loach that jumped is my 2 year old loach and not one of the 5 year olds.
I opened him up too. I just couldn't let go without knowing
He was a boy. I hand fed him when he was a baby and spent lots of time on powerfeeding him when he was in quarantine. He spent the last 2 years in open top tanks and that's the first jump of a grown clown loach I've experienced. I wonder what startled him to do quite the leap to get out...It seems it must have happened early today as he was very dry and hard. They've got the habit of dancing for food in the morning and he must have gotten startled somehow as they hate hitting the surface of the water otherwise.
I just lured the rest of them out with some food. I don't know if its any consolation or not but the loach that jumped is my 2 year old loach and not one of the 5 year olds.
I opened him up too. I just couldn't let go without knowing
He was a boy. I hand fed him when he was a baby and spent lots of time on powerfeeding him when he was in quarantine. He spent the last 2 years in open top tanks and that's the first jump of a grown clown loach I've experienced. I wonder what startled him to do quite the leap to get out...It seems it must have happened early today as he was very dry and hard. They've got the habit of dancing for food in the morning and he must have gotten startled somehow as they hate hitting the surface of the water otherwise.Mine get excited at feeding time and will get close enough to the surface to splash water when they change direction and swim back down. One fish must've miscalculated big time because he or she launched completely out of the water and hit me in the face. So, it can happen...
Yes, it can happen as I found out They didn't bother jumping out when they spent two months in an open top plastic container 30cm tall or so while I was transitioning tanks....They don't normally jump and I was relying on that, the fool I am...
What bothers me is that he jumped out of the side where I feed them. Its a round tank so he could have jumped out any side but I found him right in front.. I dropped food in the morning just before I left from the same side. I normally feed them when I get up and if he jumped out because of excitement for food, I may had been there....Once they nibble all from the substrate they normally come back and start begging for more. It must have happened early as he was long gone when I came home.
He was chunky and fat and a relatively fast growing loach. Also, because he was younger, he also ventured out a lot more often than his older companions and stayed with the baby loaches who are out all the time, and this could have been another reason for him to launch out. The water level is never up to the top, so it must have been a big jump.
This is one of the times I wish I could turn back the clock and re-live it again
They didn't bother jumping out when they spent two months in an open top plastic container 30cm tall or so while I was transitioning tanks....They don't normally jump and I was relying on that, the fool I am...What bothers me is that he jumped out of the side where I feed them. Its a round tank so he could have jumped out any side but I found him right in front.. I dropped food in the morning just before I left from the same side. I normally feed them when I get up and if he jumped out because of excitement for food, I may had been there....Once they nibble all from the substrate they normally come back and start begging for more. It must have happened early as he was long gone when I came home.
He was chunky and fat and a relatively fast growing loach. Also, because he was younger, he also ventured out a lot more often than his older companions and stayed with the baby loaches who are out all the time, and this could have been another reason for him to launch out. The water level is never up to the top, so it must have been a big jump.
This is one of the times I wish I could turn back the clock and re-live it again
I ordered a pond net as its all I could find. I'll have to see if it does the job. It's not very fine. Temporarily, on the side of where I feed the fish, and where the clown jumped from, I've partially covered with a plastic lid from a plastic tub. I've noticed the fish spent majority of their time on this side because I drop the food there...
Good idea, I've noticed most of the time when my clowns hit the lid there is a pellet or 2 floating. Maybe it's just the normal clown over exuberance to get to food. I know they've bit my hands enough going for the bloodworms.
By the way, sorry to hear you lost one. That sucks big time. A few years ago I had a heater stick on and killed 4 of my first loaches. I enjoyed watching them so much it hurt pretty bad, almost swore them off. Luckily a guy gave up 6 medium loaches that were really thin and I got them at a great price.
By the way, sorry to hear you lost one. That sucks big time. A few years ago I had a heater stick on and killed 4 of my first loaches. I enjoyed watching them so much it hurt pretty bad, almost swore them off. Luckily a guy gave up 6 medium loaches that were really thin and I got them at a great price.
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