saqib

i got myself 3 clowns today, only 1.5 inches each...wooo they'r small...

so a couple of questions...do i keep feeding the tank mates i.e. the angels the same way and hope that the clowns come to the surface and eat?? or would i need to buy food that sinks??

plus how do you feed them cucumber? should i peel the skin off and throw the a piece in as is?

fins

i feed mine shrimp pellets ....they also love snails

Butterfly

Clown Loaches basically eat at the bottom of the tank.they do learn to come to the top occasionally to see what everybody else is eating though. Right now at this size I would suggest quality shrimp pellets (I use Omega One), veggie wafers, sinking Cory wafers. In order for them to get anything I suggest you feed something that will float for the angels at one end of the tank and drop sinking food in at the other end of the tank.
With good clean water and good food they will grow fast the first year and then slow down a bit.
Have you had Clown Loaches before?
Zuchinni or cucumber can be sliced like coins and weighted down with a rock and rubberband or use a veggie clip from the pet store. You can peel them or at least score the peel so it's not whole which ever you prefer.
Ober the years mine have eaten melon, zuchinni, broccoli to name a few things. They won't know it's food for a couple of times so keep trying. The melons need to be taken out after about an hour(because of the sweet juice) but the others can be left in over night.
carol

fishchick

i need to get some loaches , but don't want the ones that lay eggs ! have a big issue with MTS ! they LFS didn't have them yesterday but did have some great looking angels , it was toture just to watch them !

Butterfly

You have posted several places that you want loaches but not the ones that lay eggs. ALL loaches lay eggs. This happens so infrequent in home aquaria as to almost be non-existant. Why do you not want loaches that lay eggs ? I don't understand what your getting at. Sorry
carol

fishchick

Want to get some loaches, but some loaches are egg layers , just want one that isnt an egg layer ! don't want to breed them or anything ! just want to get rid of the pesky snails have had for months or years !

Butterfly

All loaches are egg layers but you almost never see them lay much less raise young. The conditions in most home aquaria is not suitable for breeding them plus most of them have to be several years old to breed. So get some loaches and don't worry about them breeding Enjoy!
Carol

ifixoldhouses

They get pretty big, 16", so I'd bet they'd have to be pretty big to breed.

Butterfly

the rough guess from observations in the wild is they have to be approx. seven years old
Carol

saqib

this is the first time keeping clowns for me...lets see how it gets along...ive been looking up information alot but first hand knowledge from people who keep them is always better...so ill keep on knocking at your door...hope you wont mind

ill get myself some sinking pellets today and maybe some shrimp pellets...lets see if i can get them to eat it

Butterfly

Not a bit I love talking about Loaches.
Mine were eating freeze dried blood worms out of my fingers last night
The Dojos eat from my fingers all the time and the Clowns are jealous.
Carol

saqib

have tried feeding them cucumber a couple of times but to no avail...they just swim around it and dont even investigate so to speak...

Butterfly

They only want it if someone else is eating it
carol