disapearing clown loaches

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i bought four clown loaches over the weekend and when i got home today there was only one i could find. i have searched the tank over, 55 gallon and cant see any sign of them. where the hell have they gone?i cant see any dead fish or anything. help!!!:confused: :sad i really like them. they dont burrow or anything do they. i do have a four inch bblue dempsy but he has shown no inkling of aggression and i know they are too big to fit into its mouth.
 
i lost a clown loach once, i tore the tank down and still didn't find him. after looking the tank over twice i decided to look inside the plastic blue tubeworms/coral and there he was. he had swam down inside it and gotten stuck at the bottom. i got a coat hanger and pryed him loose and he swam out. i have since taken the plastic tube worms out, don't want a repeat of that incident.:rolleyes:
 
Clown Loaches with a Jack Dempsey. Thats Good one. Why should I believe you? just the thought of it makes me almost cry.

My old roommate once had a Jack Dempsey that could fit 8 feeder goldfish in its mouth. It would spit up half of them tough.
 
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well i didnt think they would be dempsy food. the fish is a blue dempsy and not as aggressive as regulars, ive kept them before, and only 4 inches long.. i have had other fish, 3 cories and five scissor tail rasboras, in the tank for ages and he hasnt even bothered them. he seems hungry every time i put food in the tank. i just got up to get ready for work and checked my tank and now i dont see the last lone clow loach. i guess i need the dummie of the year award. i really did not think thed get eaten, but i guess thats the simplest explanation. **** i really liked those guys. besides they are pretty expenxive for dempsie treats.well live and learn the hard way.
 
The loaches could be hiding anywhere. I once had three ina 55 witha castle in it. they would hide in the castle all day and only come out to feed after the lights went out. My mom (I lived at home at the the time) got sick of not seeing them, so she took the castle out and hot glued "bars" on all the windows to the castle. they then found a new hiding spot. You could only find them at night, and only the if you surprised them.
 
well that might explain it. because shorl=tly after i wrote my last bit here the lone loach had come out of hiding. i really dont think by blue dempsy has eaten them. i guess ill move some things aroud after i get home from work today and see if i can find the other three. i hope i do as i did not realize how cool they are. thanks for the advice.
 
clown loaches actually do very well with even the most aggressive large cichlids.

they dont attack them. probably a combination of that they are not really food, they dont compete for the same living spaces and the loaches have some wicked spines.

it is definatly not the blue dempsey they are no where near as aggressive as regular dempseys anyway.

have you considered they have jumped out of the tank? look around the room under couches etc. i have found a fish that way. was very depressing =(
 
If the clowns are alive, your probably going to have an ich outbreak. Its too late now, but You should of quarantined them. (Coppersafe is probably the best med for clowns and ich).
 
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