Loaches Online Forum

I recently went to my usual LFS to get some more food, and of course checked out the loach situation. They had some kuhlis and clowns. I almost got a few of the kuhlis, but decided not to, at which point one of the newer employees tried to help.

He suggested that I get a few clown loaches. I told him they would get waaay too big for me, at which point he tried to convince me that they would get no bigger than 3".

I told him I'd seen pictures of clowns over a foot( ), and he told me that it must have been a different kind of clown loach .


I also read in a book that clowns only get to 6", and that you should keep several young ones but only one adult specimen in a tank at a time .

You should see if you can find an email for the store and let them know this happened. Attach a picture of Marge or Basil - or just a link to this site.

One day this myth will cease to exist!

You're a myth Mark? When did you have the thexth change then?

Owed you that one

Martin.

don;t you think, though, that the problem isn't that people who advise customers in this way don't know the true situation, but rather that they don't care?

Not so much of a myth and more of a convenient untruth.
sigh.

Martin Thoene wrote:You're a myth Mark? When did you have the thexth change then?

Owed you that one

Martin.

I'll get you for thith, Thoene!

sophie wrote:don;t you think, though, that the problem isn't that people who advise customers in this way don't know the true situation, but rather that they don't care?

Not so much of a myth and more of a convenient untruth.
sigh.

This is why we should have some kind of poster like the ones Emma showed, that could be downloaded as a PDF file from LOL and printed. At least once a year we could encourage a mass-hassle-your-lfs campaign and try to get these posted in shops.

Mark wrote:

I'll get you for thith, Thoene!

Abtholutely, I never doubted it for more than a couple of minuiteth

Martin.

Mark & Marthin, you both thound like Igor's. (Ken will know what I mean).

then you get the

"oh yes, i know that clowns CAN get that big, but its so rare that they do, that you dont have to worry. i know your tank is no bigger than a vase, but at least it will eat the snails."

maybe we need a Marge roadshow

You aint heard nothing yet.

these are excerpts from a local fish hobbyist in the Philippines.

...clowns make excellent tankmates for arowanas and tiger datnioides because they...

...clowns are scavengers...

and after I had told them that loaches are river fish and need a pretty decent current running through their tank.

...wouldn't a strong flow stress the fish?

and they wonder why my fish colors so bright and theirs doesn't.

Rocco wrote:You aint heard nothing yet.

these are excerpts from a local fish hobbyist forum in the Philippines.

...clowns make excellent tankmates for arowanas and tiger datnioides because they...

...clowns are scavengers...

LOL! I hear that all the time.

and after I had told them that loaches are river fish and need a pretty decent current running through their tank.

...wouldn't a strong flow stress the fish?

..and they wonder why my fish colors so bright and theirs doesn't.

LOL! Live and learn is their lesson.

Hats off for you, Rocco.

Mark wrote:
Quote:
I'll get you for thith, Thoene!


Abtholutely, I never doubted it for more than a couple of minuiteth

Martin.

Thtop it U twoo, I am thpitting on my thkrene agin

Rocco and Blue, that BAD. what hope have newcomers got with advice that that?

helen nightingale wrote:Rocco and Blue, that BAD. what hope have newcomers got with advice that that?

Helen.. Rocco and Blue are only sharing their experiences from those dopey assistants in lfs's.

Graeme Robson wrote:Helen.. Rocco and Blue are only sharing their experiences from those dopey assistants in lfs's.

Thanks, Graeme.