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Clown Loach in plated tank ??
I would like to try two or three Clown Loaches in my 75 gal planted tank. I
think they are really neat fish and they should eliminate my snail problem. I do seem to remember hearing that they are very hard on plants however. Is this true? If so, then maybe I don't want them after all. Any input from anybody who has had Clown Loaches in a planted tank would be greatly appreciated. 75 gal tank. Canister filter. Pressurized CO2 injection. Tank is heavily planted. Light: about 2 watts/gal. |
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Henry wrote:
I would like to try two or three Clown Loaches in my 75 gal planted tank. I think they are really neat fish and they should eliminate my snail problem. I do seem to remember hearing that they are very hard on plants however. Is this true? If so, then maybe I don't want them after all. Any input from anybody who has had Clown Loaches in a planted tank would be greatly appreciated. 75 gal tank. Canister filter. Pressurized CO2 injection. Tank is heavily planted. Light: about 2 watts/gal. I kept 3 clown loaches in a 55g planted tank. They started at 3" and grew to 5" before I moved cross-country and gave them away. I had no problems with them digging up anything. The substrate was laterite and fine gravel, DIY CO2 with Duplaplant fertilizers and I was growing swordplants, crypts, val. spirallis, aponogetons, hygrophila difformis, ....and heaven only knows what else directly in the substrate. They kept my tank snail-free, as expected. And actually, those loaches started as 1.5" babies in a 29g planted CO2 injected tank with a lot of rotala spp., aponogetons, crypts, anubias, hygrophila polysperma, and whatever else I felt like experimenting with. They also caused no problems there. -- __ Elaine T __ __' http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ |
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I have 3 clown loaches about 3" long in my 75 gal planted tank. No problems
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:33:36 GMT, "Henry" wrote:
I would like to try two or three Clown Loaches in my 75 gal planted tank. I think they are really neat fish and they should eliminate my snail problem. I do seem to remember hearing that they are very hard on plants however. Is this true? If so, then maybe I don't want them after all. Any input from anybody who has had Clown Loaches in a planted tank would be greatly appreciated. 75 gal tank. Canister filter. Pressurized CO2 injection. Tank is heavily planted. Light: about 2 watts/gal. I have 11 Clowns, 6 in a planted 75 gallon tank, 3 more in a planted 29 gallon and 2 more in a lightly planted 10 gallon. In over 18 months, none have bothered any plants nor rooted deeply into the gravel. They are 4 to 5 inches in length. They eat what the rest of the fish eat, flake food. dick |
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"Henry" wrote in message
nk.net... I would like to try two or three Clown Loaches in my 75 gal planted tank. I think they are really neat fish and they should eliminate my snail problem. I do seem to remember hearing that they are very hard on plants however. Is this true? If so, then maybe I don't want them after all. Any input from anybody who has had Clown Loaches in a planted tank would be greatly appreciated. 75 gal tank. Canister filter. Pressurized CO2 injection. Tank is heavily planted. Light: about 2 watts/gal. No problems with my loaches digging up plants at all. For those that have had issues, the fish were probably looking/burrowing for somewhere to hide. Give them some rocks/a cave to hid in/under & they'll be happy & won't dig rgds I. |
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Henry wrote:
Any input from anybody who has had Clown Loaches in a planted tank would be greatly appreciated. Like others have said, I've had no problems. I have a 110g heavily planted tank with 10 clown loaches ranging in size from 2 to 6 inches. No problems whatsoever. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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