odd color clown health problems

[JonPhillips114]

has any one else had the odd pattern clown loaches before? I have 2 that have the jigsaw type pattern and the orange is very light almost yellow on them but they both seem to not eat as good as all the others? I have 12 anywhere from 1 to 4 in. these 2 are around 1 in but they dont eat very well. I was wondering if the oddball pattern clown loaches generally have more health problems than the regular patterned ones.
thanks in advance!

 

[bigbadfish711]

No the pattern is just genetics. In my experience if any CLs are not eating very well or are not growing its likely to be internal parasites. Are these CLs thin? Can you see the bone on the up half of it's body?

There is some great info here

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204906