# of Clowns in a 90 ?

[Dean]

Will 6 clown loaches be ok in a 90 gallon aquarium for say a year or so? When I buy them they'll be like 2- 2.5 inches. Thanks

[valerie]

They should be ok long term if there aren't too many other fish in the tank.

What other fish are you keeping them with?

[Dean]

-12 Tiger barbs
-9 Giant danios or 15 Zebra danios
-6 Clown loaches
-1 Red tailed shark

Any problems with this selection? I'll probably up grade to a 6 foot tank in a year or so.

ps. whats the best fish store in edmonton? Big al's?

[redrf900]

I'd lose the red tail shark....Otherwise...should be good....

[emoore]

I would also suggest you get rid of the RTS. The clowns have a similar body type to the red tail and the red tail might chase the clown (especially when they are young). I would think that a 90 would be good for 6 clowns especially if you plan to upgrade in a few years. Most reports are that the clown are slow growing, although the dominate one of the group will grow twice as fast as the others.

[Dean]

How about I swap the rts with another clown loach, making it 7 clowns. Also are clowns compatible with small fish like zebra danios ?

[valerie]

yes they will work with the clowns.

dean- Here is Edmonton the best store is dad's fishroom, they have hands down the nicest fish. I have never had any of the fish i bought from there die. PLus henry and gillian are very nice and know alot about fish. Check out www.dadsfishroom.com

Big al's is where i by most of my supplies but i dont' really buy many fish there unless they have somethign i can't get anywhere else. Micheal Pham is the fish Manager guy there and is very helpful and nice to talk to . He is also one of the executives of the aquarium club.

What sort of fishare you looking for? If you are looking for clowns then i would sa dad's fishroom has thenicest healthiest ones i have ever seen. But Warf has good looking ones too that are a bit cheaper(sometimes)

[Slappy*McFish]

My RTS doesnt even look at my loaches...I wouldn't worry about it much..especially since clowns can grow over twice the size of the biggest RTS. Just buy the clowns around the 2-3" size and the Shark the same...introduce the clowns first, letting them establish themselves..then add the shark. Even so, most clowns are more than able to defend themselves and I would think they could do more harm to the shark than the other way around.

[Genero]

I agree with Slappy*McFish. I added 3 clown loaches about 2 weeks prior to the RTS. They were all about the same size (under 2 inches - I couldn't find them any larger). Sadly, 2 of the loaches didn't make it. In the following weeks, the loach has grown with the RTS and is clearly more dominant. The loach and the RTS are inseparable, though I know it's because he's looking for a companion.

I need to find several larger loaches but in the meantime, they get along fine. It's been about 3 months and the RTS is approx. 4" while the loach is just under 3.

[LMOUTHBASS]

i think i'm experiencing something emoore mentioned -i bought 3 clowns for my 55 they were real small bout an inch n a half -a month or so has gone by n two of them are not much bigger - then third 3rd one is growing like crazy!!! he twice as big as the other ones!!! i guess he is the dominate one? they all get along great though- what woul cause the other two to grow slower even if the big one is the alpha one?

[clayt101]

In the past, I too have had trouble mixing RTS and clown loaches.