Hi, i have a clown loach that doesnt look alright, it looks very thin like it hasnt eaten for months compared to the other clown loaches i have.
For several hours today it has been at the top left corner of the aquarium where there are very little watermovement whole my 8 other clown loaches have been very active, both swimming around and looking for food on the sand, i have not seen the sick(?) clown loach feed today while the other ate.
The top fin is lowered down to the body, i managed to quite easily catch the fish by using my hand for a close look.
I couldnt se any discolouration of the fish, the black areas are very dark, it just looks starved and the top fin hangs down.
I got clown loaches in 3 different occasions so im not sure how long i had the fishes but atleast 1 year possibly more.
They have never been sick but had one death around 6-7 months ago, the dead fish had no visual damages or discolouration.
The aquarium is on 540liter(60x60x150cm), the filtrationsystem is an 18Liter bucket with an eheim 1250 pump(1200L/H)
Light is 4x36W and is on for 10 hours a day, i have plants but at the moment not much.
Other fishes i have is 6 silversharks, 4 scalare and 1 black ghost.
Any idea why the smallest clown loach i have suddenly looks starved with hanging fins?
Perhaps i should move it to another aquarium(45liter) and let it live alone for a couple of weeks so it can feed without competition from other fishes?
Regards
Raven
For several hours today it has been at the top left corner of the aquarium where there are very little watermovement whole my 8 other clown loaches have been very active, both swimming around and looking for food on the sand, i have not seen the sick(?) clown loach feed today while the other ate.
The top fin is lowered down to the body, i managed to quite easily catch the fish by using my hand for a close look.
I couldnt se any discolouration of the fish, the black areas are very dark, it just looks starved and the top fin hangs down.
I got clown loaches in 3 different occasions so im not sure how long i had the fishes but atleast 1 year possibly more.
They have never been sick but had one death around 6-7 months ago, the dead fish had no visual damages or discolouration.
The aquarium is on 540liter(60x60x150cm), the filtrationsystem is an 18Liter bucket with an eheim 1250 pump(1200L/H)
Light is 4x36W and is on for 10 hours a day, i have plants but at the moment not much.
Other fishes i have is 6 silversharks, 4 scalare and 1 black ghost.
Any idea why the smallest clown loach i have suddenly looks starved with hanging fins?
Perhaps i should move it to another aquarium(45liter) and let it live alone for a couple of weeks so it can feed without competition from other fishes?
Regards
Raven
