How do you shut up a happy CL?

[Red Devil]

They make a racket when they eat algae wafers ..they bang it against the glass and smash it .. they're clowns..

 

[ewurm]

WAT! really? ure CLs make noise! thats crazy...how big r ure Cls?

The clowns will make clicking noises while feeding. I have also heard Modestas and Yoyo's do this.

 

[Skoomakilla]

heard this with my CLs too

specially when i hand feed them

 

[TheKeyToArson]

I have a 9 inch clown who only clicks when another fish swims into his cave....and I have some skunk loaches who click when they chase easch other around. But the only real clicking I hear during feeding is taping against the glass...

 

[Rychek]

I have an Angelicus loach that clicks when I feed shrimp pellets and/or algae wafers. No Clowns though. I need a bigger tank....

 

[Mystix212]

My clowns started clicking at 1.5". They now do it every time when they recieve an algae wafer, peice of zuchini/cucumber, lettuce and bloodworm cube. Every now and then, they will have a beautiful territorial dispute where they have thier fins fully erect, black bars turn purple and they twitch, turn and click at eachother. Very cool.

 

[Zero46]

Mine have clicked since about 2 weeks after I got them. They are LOUD! They only do it when they're eating though.

 

[LordIronSpatula]

Interesting. I've never had a loach click but I used to have a group of bala sharks that would click like mad when I gave them zucchini and when they grazed on algae together. Are loaches louder?

 

[JD_MAN]

Interesting. I've never had a loach click but I used to have a group of bala sharks that would click like mad when I gave them zucchini and when they grazed on algae together. Are loaches louder?

I have never heard a bala click, but when my group of 30+ loaches started clicking the first time, I thought the tank was cracking. lol

 

[Aesop]

Mine click only when they eat massivore pellets. And I think it's only when they try to break peices off of the pellet, due to the pellets being too big for their mouths.