clown loach
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Not very fast, so you would have to purchase them at a larger size than they are generally offered, or your Oscar might have a little sushi.
AC's profiles do not recommend any Cichlid of Oscar size as tankmates for the Clowns, but there are several other, smaller Cichlids which could make for a behaviorally interesting tank!
AC's profiles do not recommend any Cichlid of Oscar size as tankmates for the Clowns, but there are several other, smaller Cichlids which could make for a behaviorally interesting tank!
yeah right now i have a 9 inch oscar who is 3 years old, im guessing fully grown, in a 75 gallon. kinda boring all by himself. i bought convicts, with turned out to be severums (lfs boo boo), so im not sure what to do. if i could find a good home for my oscar i would, but im very attached to him, kinda like a dog. i wish i could afford a bigger tank, i hate for hime to be alone, but im a college student, and i move every year, not easy to find a place that i know would be stable for a 125 gallon. not sure what to do 
Dick Stratton recommends giving your Oscar a toy or two with which to play for a week, then rotate it for a new one (five or six toys would keep it occupied). Don't worry about it being solitary...anything that you might add will either be small enough to be eaten, or will be pretty aggressive toward the Oscar.
I can't offer much support about the Clowns with the Oscar, my guess is Childawg is right, he'll have him for dinner. Not to mention small clown loaches just small ones are expensive fish(well i consider them expensive.. but im kind of cheap lol), would be spending a good chunk on larger ones.
I'm getting 5 clowns for my 55 that I got, I can't talk out of experience because I have none, but I can't tell you what I have learned from reading a lot about the,.
They are slow growing, in fact because of there rate of growth, most never reach sexuality maturity in aquaria, which is why they have rarely spawned in captivity. They can live 10-20 years, possibly longer, pending on where you read.
I thought it was also intriguing how the just lay on there sides at the bottom of an aquarium to rest, usual frightens experienced keepers into thinking there loaches are dead.
Maybe you know some of this, but I think there awesome and I can't wait to get them. To Bad I still have to buy substrate, decor, filter, heater and few other things, and not to forgot about the cycling process.. doh. Anyways hopefully you can work something out, I think they'd be a good addition to any aquarium.. well as long as they don't get mistaken for dinner
I'm getting 5 clowns for my 55 that I got, I can't talk out of experience because I have none, but I can't tell you what I have learned from reading a lot about the,.
They are slow growing, in fact because of there rate of growth, most never reach sexuality maturity in aquaria, which is why they have rarely spawned in captivity. They can live 10-20 years, possibly longer, pending on where you read.
I thought it was also intriguing how the just lay on there sides at the bottom of an aquarium to rest, usual frightens experienced keepers into thinking there loaches are dead.
Maybe you know some of this, but I think there awesome and I can't wait to get them. To Bad I still have to buy substrate, decor, filter, heater and few other things, and not to forgot about the cycling process.. doh. Anyways hopefully you can work something out, I think they'd be a good addition to any aquarium.. well as long as they don't get mistaken for dinner
oh yeah, what kind of toys?
and thanx for your input crash, if i can find a cheaper bigger one maybe i will think about it. i also have a few other tanks, which they might go in.
one more quick question.
would a bumble bee cat ever be big enough to go in with the oscar?
and thanx for your input crash, if i can find a cheaper bigger one maybe i will think about it. i also have a few other tanks, which they might go in.
one more quick question.
would a bumble bee cat ever be big enough to go in with the oscar?
If you are attached to it, and can maintain the Oscar, then I wouldn't get rid of it.
Plus, if you are a college student, you don't need to be packing all sorts of individual fish--I have a hard enough time packing seven (then six) assorted small cats and the (sadly deceased) betta.
Older Oscars handle moves a lot better than juvies (from what I have read), so moving your Oscar would likely be okay...I say spend time with the Oscar!
Plus, if you are a college student, you don't need to be packing all sorts of individual fish--I have a hard enough time packing seven (then six) assorted small cats and the (sadly deceased) betta.
Older Oscars handle moves a lot better than juvies (from what I have read), so moving your Oscar would likely be okay...I say spend time with the Oscar!
Some people use ping-pong balls, new tank decorations, little harmless (and unswallowable toys) like that.
Which bumblebee cat? The "Bumblebee Pimelodid" (Microglanis iheringi) only gets to be 3", so no, but the other "Bumblebee Pimelodid" (Pseudopimelodus raninus raninus) gets to be about 8". I think that those may be too big to swallow, but I'm not sure if you could get larger P. r. raninus without considerable expense...they are listed as Semi-Rare, and the smaller ones are the Common ones, so I'd shy away from that line of thinking due to the cost.
Which bumblebee cat? The "Bumblebee Pimelodid" (Microglanis iheringi) only gets to be 3", so no, but the other "Bumblebee Pimelodid" (Pseudopimelodus raninus raninus) gets to be about 8". I think that those may be too big to swallow, but I'm not sure if you could get larger P. r. raninus without considerable expense...they are listed as Semi-Rare, and the smaller ones are the Common ones, so I'd shy away from that line of thinking due to the cost.