Crazy loach
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:03 pm
I have tried looking into this on the web but i have read everything from its completly normal to the fish is dying, which is not possible. I have had this clown loach for almost 2 years and he used to have a couple others in with him but unfortunately they picked on him non stop, they would not let him eat and he was wasting away. So i made the decision to keep just the little guy, and he sprung back quick even started clicking again while eating his favorite foods. My concern is that for roughly a month maybe longer, every morning he swims in a huge circle at the one end of the tank and he does this for hours (makes me tired watching him) at a time. He is in a 100 gal tank that recieves weekly water changes of 30% with plenty of filtration via a Rena xp4 and 2 fluval u4's, his tankmates consist of 8 rummynose, 6 german blue rams, 4 bosami rainbows and 2 satanoperca's that are only 4 inches. All the water tests are right on, temp is a steady 82f and every other fish is fine. The german blue's lay eggs on a weekly basis and the rummynose are bright red, its almost like he see's his reflection and thinks it is another loach so he just keeps trying to swim with it. I feel bad for him being alone, as i do know these fish are best in groups but that just wasn't working out and now i don't really have room to try a group again. I have read that yoyo loaches sometimes school with clowns would a few of those be a bad idea, i dont want them ganging up on him since he would be the odd man out. Thank you for any response