Killed 4 clown loaches

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tothna

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I bought 4 clown loaches last week and immediately loved them. I did a water change about 5 days after I got them and like an idiot used only cold water to refill. The clown loaches went into shock from the drastic temperature change and never came out of it. The next morning they were all dead on the bottom. While I had seen fish go into shock from cold water, I have never seen one die from it. Lesson learned.
 
Yep clown loaches can be a little touchy. That is why when they are shipped to pet stores, they usually get stressed and in some pet stores they contract disease because their tanks are crap. Oh and then people like you and me buy them and they get even more stressed from taking them home and then they die. Well you learned it sounds like so that is the main thing. Oh if you get clowns again I would suggest getting a larger group. They are so fun to watch!
 
Wow My clowns have yet to have any troubles when I do water changes, I typically use cold water to. Mine are like waterborn Hummingbirds, I barely see them at a stand still.
 
Sorry for your loss but I found clown loaches tricky to keep the first time around. I bought ten the first time and lost them all the first week.

Don't be discoraged tough, they are fun to keep. The more the better.
 
I always use cold water, it mixes with the warm water soon enough, and the drop in temperature is what would happen in the wild aswell, strange they died so easily!

Bad luck!
 
Normally the cold water will cause your loaches to get ich, then the ich kills them.
 
Well, I changed too much water, like 50%, so the temp dropped a lot. My tap water is really cold too.
 
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