just got clown loaches

[qumqats]

Wait till they get up to 12"!!! I am going to be selling some of mine and trying to breed others. But, I do have several tanks set up for them.

1" per gallon rule doesn't really ever work.

5" in a year or two

12" in 10-12 years - they grow slowly after a young growth spurt

 

[hanunxx]

yep exactly, it takes them ages to grow that big...

 

[Vapor]

I just gota ask.

You guys that have LARGE schools of clown loaches:
What are you going to do when they grow in a year or two into 5" monsters?

50 X 5" @ 1" per G = 250G? dedicated to CL's?!

It sounds wonderful but do you have tanks that large dedicated to CL's?

Clowns grow very slowly. Depending on size when bought it will be a while before they hit 5 inches.

 

[shookONES]

I'm trying to get a school of oddball clowns. I've got 5 small normals and am trying to source some crazy patterned oners.

 

[tothna]

Well, bad news, they died already. I did a water change and like an idiot I didn't put in any warm water with it and they went into shock and all died. They must be real sensitive to changes in temp.

 

[fishnutham]

Welcome to the loach addiction.

Clown loaches have officially replaced my catfish addiction!

I must've spent hundreds of $$$ on them and had over 50 clown loaches in total!

And it's getting worse by the week.

OMG!! you caught the dreaded loach addiction too heres the rehab number when you're ready 1 800 got loach

 

[qumqats]

Well, bad news, they died already. I did a water change and like an idiot I didn't put in any warm water with it and they went into shock and all died. They must be real sensitive to changes in temp.

Wow! Just how cold was the water you added?

I always put the water I use for my changes in buckets and treat and heat the water before I add it into the tanks. The temp diff can't be more that a degree or so when I add it in. Use an aquarium heater to heat the water. Don't use water from your hot water heater.

You should do this for ALL fish, not just CLs!

Newbie mistake, you should to write this up in 'Lessons Learned' so that others can learn from it.

 

[dimfer]

check out this loach

 

[davo]

wow monster loach. i prefer pakistani loaches (or yoyos or watever) though they dont grow monster like clowns

 

[tothna]

Wow! Just how cold was the water you added?

I always put the water I use for my changes in buckets and treat and heat the water before I add it into the tanks. The temp diff can't be more that a degree or so when I add it in. Use an aquarium heater to heat the water. Don't use water from your hot water heater.

You should do this for ALL fish, not just CLs!

Newbie mistake, you should to write this up in 'Lessons Learned' so that others can learn from it.

I realize this is the best way to do it, but it seems like that would take a week to do, not to mention tons of buckets. I only have 2 55gal and a 29, I have often wondered how people with big tanks do this.

I normally throw in a couple of buckets of hot water (from the tap) to balance it out. I know there is a lot of sediment in the hot water tank but I never knew if it was really that bad for the fish.