Butterfly

I have had Loaches of all kinds for many years and I know how they act, but my big boy clown Loach did it to me this morning. He's such a bad boy
Carol

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bolivianbaby

Oh, my word, Ground Him-he's naughty

ABCDemily

Naughty! Send him his cave with no dinner!

Gorgeous looking boy though

aquarist48

Wow! He looks huge! How big is he Carol?
No treats for him tonight.

Tony G.

lol bad boy playing dead ti his mommy!

10gallonmadness

Haha... been there before lol

CHoffman

Oh my goodness..lol..I would have died!!. What a little stinker.

Butterfly

I've seen loaches do that before but they usually get up and swim around when disturbed. The Dojos kept aggravating him and he never moved so I was devastated. I put my hand in the cave and nudged him and he shot out of there and back where I was at and just did the loachy dance. He knows that hand usually has food in it but I didn't give him any treats. My heart is still pounding.
Ken- he's probably 5 inches from nose to the end of his tail but he sure is a hefty fella or girl You can tell he eats well. When he lays out like that he looks like a slab of salmon. He's also the leader of the pack.
I told him everybody sent him scoldings and he doesn't look ashamed at all LOL
Carol

aquarist48

He sure is beautiful! Thanks Carol.

Butterfly

That is the troublemakers belly you see there sorry the pic is crooked, it's hard taking a pic with the other hand in the tank :0
Carol

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aquarist48

lol...he sure knows Mom's hand

Butterfly

Yep their hoping for treats
Carol

Shawnie

OMG id have freaked !!! that boy/gal needs a good talking to or a nite in there room without a wii, nintendo, playstation etc great looking babies tho..but dont tell the nawty one I said so!

Butterfly

I've got a feeling he already knows he's cute

Carol

MaddieLynn

What size tank are they in? They're so cute!

Butterfly

They are in a 75g that gets 2x weekly 50% water changes, two HOB filters rated for 60g tanks . Upgrade coming next summer.
Thanks MaddieLynn.

reefdude

CHoffman

He is very pretty!!. I'm so impressed they come up to your hand like that. Every clown loach I've seen is shy. Not your babies though. THey like their food!!. You can tell for sure.

scatty

OMG!!! My heart started pounding when I saw the pic. And I knew he was ok. I can only imagine how you felt, you poor thing. Have you recovered yet? hehe, it is kinda funny though, he certainly deserves a good talking to at the very least. Beautiful fish Carol.

Lucy

Oh Carol, my goodness that would have scared the heck out of me, Geez!!
I saw the clowns in all their glory at the aquarium, man they were huge!

Butterfly

Here's a not very good pic of their tank
Carol

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Lucy

I love your tank! The head looks good with the moss. You gave him a hair cut. lol
Is that material you're using for the back ground?

CHoffman

Pretty Pretty. What are those big tall big plants with big leaves??

gmen4life

wow lol didnt know they do that i learn something every day

navyscuba

Did you spanked his/hers butt. Needs a good spanking and to be send to his cave with no food or treats.

Tony G.

lol agression is not the answer but the food is good!

Butterfly

Lucy that is a plastic tank cover I found at Petsmart. Light comes in the door behind it and looks really cool in the early morning.
Yep java man got a haircut If I don't everybody sleeps in it and strings it everywhere LOL

Cesch those are anubias Gigantae. the one in this pic is being grown emersed but you can see the leaves better
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=20
There are 7 or 8 different anubias in that tank. They are really tough and can handle the clowns rough housing
Loaches of all kinds roll over on their sides to sleep and it can give you quite a scare

Carol

Gouramiguy17

no he was probably just tired, you need to give him a cold water change to help wake him up, or push your cat into the tank

Toddnbecka

His colors were fine, not faded out; that's the easiest way to tell whether they're playing possum or actually dead.
At least you get to see your loaches. My group of kubotai stay under cover among the driftwood, hardly even show themselves for food. The L204's sharing their tank and the single Synodontis lucipinnis that was moved from another 55 (barbels and fins stubby, not sure what happened there) to heal up are more visible. When I moved them into the 55 with a couple of hob's they were all playing in the outflow from one at first. I though "cool, I'll see them now..." but about a day later they were back to their old game of no-see-us. If I didn't strip down the tank occaisonally for cleaning I wouldn't even know they were all still alive.

CHoffman

hmm..I'm going to have to get me some of those. They are beautiful. I managed to kill every last Jungle val i had..lol..Good thing I got a good deal on them.
All the java ferns and anibus and everything else is doing great but not the vals. I've been looking for a lower light easier big plant to grow for the back drop.
On plantgeek it says you have to acclimate them to be fully aquatic. How do you do that?
Sorry to hijack your thread I always seem to have a billion questions for you.