Loaches and Plants

leviathan loach · Post by **leviathan loach** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:56 am

After having to part with my gloriously fat loach heard (it nearly broke my heart - but they got a really good new home) I'm getting ready to set up my tanks again! The last time my clown loach tank was set up I was basically forced to give up on planting it. They kept eating or digging up or generally destroying all my plants. So I was forced to switch to fake plants which they were more then happy to hang out in or on (or under). Anyways! I wanted to actually find plants for my new set up that they would not destroy. I had some luck with java moss on my logs and a friend had decent success with java fern. Do any of you know of other plants that clowns will leave alone?

Thanks in advance.

PS - Hello to everyone! First time posting - long time lurker.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:10 am

I have Java fern in all of my loach tanks and it does really well and the loaches tend to leave it alone, I also have Anubias nana and Crinum thaianum in my tanks and these also do well along with the loaches.

leviathan loach · Post by **leviathan loach** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:41 pm

Thanks, Mad Duss. I will look into Anubias nana and Crinum thaianum.

Keith Wolcott · Post by **Keith Wolcott** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:06 pm

Mad Duff- Would you comment on the light requirements and growing speed of Anubias nana and Crinum thaianum? I only have Java fern, and would like to know how the other two compare.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:38 pm

Keith Wolcott wrote:Mad Duff- Would you comment on the light requirements and growing speed of Anubias nana and Crinum thaianum? I only have Java fern, and would like to know how the other two compare.

I have around 76W of lighting on all my tanks and the Anubias grow well but fairly slowly, the Crinum on the other hand grow very fast, I have had the crinum well over 5ft long in a 2ft deep tank.

Keith Wolcott · Post by **Keith Wolcott** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:59 pm

Thanks Mad Duff. I'll give them a try.

Marcos Mataratzis · Post by **Marcos Mataratzis** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:31 pm

Plants I use on my tanks are Java fern (loaches ignore it), Giant Anubia and Giant Valisneria. Any of those need very low lightning. I have 80 Watts light total on a 450 liter tank.
About Giant Anubia, well... they last long but still their leaves looks like swiss cheese:

emi-chan · Post by **emi-chan** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:01 pm

is bogwood suitable for a tank with weather loaches?

Marcos Mataratzis · Post by **Marcos Mataratzis** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:01 pm

Cant´see why not...

emi-chan · Post by **emi-chan** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:05 am

good! i got a piece from the pet shop to replace the bridge thing i had in the tank cause the goldfish weren't smart enough to not keep forcing their way under it

TrebleClef84 · Post by **TrebleClef84** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:13 am

The loach tank at my local fish store has marimo moss balls, kind of a plant I guess. I can see the loaches picking at it, but there never appears to be any damage.
http://phototravels.net/japan/pcd0733/a ... o-86.3.jpg

emi-chan · Post by **emi-chan** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:09 pm

oooo they look good!
my loaches love hiding in the bog wood and the goldfish loved eating the excess mossy stuff on it.
i have a picture of it somewhere...

emi-chan · Post by **emi-chan** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:32 pm

thats it thar

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