Clown Loach died

[bottomdweller]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH just had to tell anybody who cared all my toher friends just laugh.Just euthinized him 15-20 minutes ago.:( :mad:

[OrionGirl]

Sorry to hear about that. What happened? :(

[bottomdweller]

I dont know what happened and about 2 hours after the loach one of my barbs died. There is no sign of a desiese(sp?)Now my other barbs arnt lookin to good. I am new at this so it must be something I done we all lose our share of fish.:(

[NJ Devils Fan]

What are your water parameters? How long have you had the tank. What size is it, and what kind of filtration do you have. I ask these questions so that hopefully, we can tell you what the problem is.

[bottomdweller]

The loach was in a 10 with three tiger barbs they got along fine.I made the mistake of buying only one and the ammonia is going through a slight spike.The filter is a pengiun mini but after the loach died I also put on a extra aquaclear mini I had.

[Clownloach458]

dude, ahte to hear that, id almost shoot my self if my clowns would die :(

[kuhli]

sorry to hear that. Must be more than a slight spike thou. Get some seachem prime and detox your tank. Btw 10 gal is way too small for a clown loach. They will get to be 10 inches + eventually.





Originally posted by bottomdweller
The loach was in a 10 with three tiger barbs they got along fine.I made the mistake of buying only one and the ammonia is going through a slight spike.The filter is a pengiun mini but after the loach died I also put on a extra aquaclear mini I had.

[Clownloach458]

yeah, in the wild they get over ten inches, in home aquariums its rare they get over 7 inches though.. but still a 10gallon fishtank is way to small for a clown loach, and if you only had one, no wonder it died...but my sympathy is still great

[bottomdweller]

He was goin to be moved into a bigger tank with buddies in about 2 weeks.He was only 1and a half inches.