Clown Loaches in a 75g tank.

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robert1619
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Clown Loaches in a 75g tank.

Post by robert1619 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:10 am

Hey Guys!
When i first saw the CL's i just got crazy...i love them :D
They are so nice looking,nice colours and really active fish.
First i bought 3 clowns and they have doubled their size in some months and everything looks to be okey.Then i rescued one cl from a lfs..he was in a small tank with lots of big fish and he didn't look very good,skinny!
Now o month in my 75g tank he is recovering very well and his colors are great too.
I also bought 2 more clowns,They are small 4cm big and they look like babies comparing to the 3 first i got(6-8cm).
I noticed that when i feed them the bigger loaches are really fast and snap what ever they get and the smaller loaches has problems.
So i tried to give them extra sinkinf waffers/pellets and they did try to hold on the food..but the bigger ones just comes and shows whos the boss in the tank.I also wanted to see if they liked cucumber..oh my..it's loach attack!
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Clowns and Yoyos.
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They are in a 75g tank and in that tank i have these fish:
1 L-001(15cm)
4 Balas(small) that will soon be moved in to a 130G tank
2 Gold morph rams
3 Discus
3 Yoyos
6 Clown loaches that will be also moved later to the 130g tank.
My question is...will they be ok until i get my 130g?
I will have it in a month or so.
Great site.
Robert

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Post by chefkeith » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:07 am

You'll need a bigger tank to house Bala's. They are potential tank busters.


The clowns will grow rather slowly, so a 75g tank will be good until you have the 130g set-up. The clowns will eventually outgrow the 130g tank also. That could take 6-10 years for that to happen though.

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Post by chefkeith » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:12 am

Another thing. With Discus in that tank, what's the water temp?

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