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Golden zebra loach male or female12/18/2023 ![]() May I ask how you arrived to the conclusion that cohabiting with other species necessarily compromises clown loaches? Certainly, there are species unsuitable for them to cohabit with which would obviously compromise them (that is to say species that are too aggressive, do not share the same habitat preference, need different water chemistry, may eat the loaches, and so forth).īut cohabiting with other species is precisely what clown loaches (as well as many, many other species) do in nature. So that is my recommendation - I would not want to compromise my Clown Loaches by forcing them to co-habit with other species. So no more pleco drop yoyo add more caves (which I will - mostly in the form of large driftwood they can dig under) The L204 are pretty passive and shy (currently i only have l204 and bn in the 120) so maybe i'll reconsider adding anything beyond L204 and the current pair of lemon bn to the 450. I've been raising frys with the clown loach so that might help with the angels mostly ignoring them at night as long as the clown loach behavior stay consistent. ![]() I was mostly concern that something might change as the clown loach age and if it does please let me know. However my oldest clown so far is only 3 and only 6 inches large. In the 120 I've not observed any issues with the clown and angels and the angels can raise free swimming frys without too much issue (they have more problems with other angels snatching eggs and frys than clown loaches). I think i'll drop getting more yoyo and the two i have I'll figure out waht to do with them. At what point will they slow down in growth or are these guys going to hit 10 inches by the time they are 10 ? Currently my water is gh 7 kh 3 tds 130 ph 7.0 but in the 450 i will ahve ro water and will lower it to something like gh 3 kh 1 tds 70 at least those are my plans but feed-back will help me perhaps change them.Īlso on the clown loaches my largest after 30 months (at purchase all were sub 2 inches) is over 6 inches long. I never intended to have 7 angles but i had 2 and they bred and i kept a few of the frys to see how they would mature (form factor et all). ![]() I would think at this point the zebra and yoyo are fully mature - of course the clowns are going to be kids for a long time. I've not observed any real issue other than some of the yoyo i purchased turned out to be gold zebra and they jumped out of the tank. Also I might add 2 or 3 pleco (like blue phantom or gold nugget). ![]() My stocking for the 450 would include the current fisehs plus 4 more angels 4 more yoyo 5 more zebra and some large body tetra. My question is for feed back or pointer to literature that can indicate if this configuration will work in the 450 or if I need to sep. I am very aware of the long thread on yoyo and clown with some saying nay and some saying yay. The comments have been that clowns are too territorial and their night activity is bad for the angels. I've been given a bit of grief elsewhere that it is not a good idea to mix clown loaches, yoyo loaches and angelfishes. ![]() In a bit under a year I will be upgrading to a 450. I realize that it is a bit over crowded and i do suitable water changes to keep the nitrate controlled. I currently have a 120 with 6 clown loaches, 10 zebra loaches, 2 yoyo (long story i know i need more), 7 angelfishes and 5 pleco (l204 and bn). ![]()
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