View Full Version : clown loach in a 20 gal?
Gumby131
05-15-2006, 4:55 AM
hey i was thinking about getting a clown loach school for my 20 gal is this ok
khombre
05-15-2006, 5:15 AM
i wouldn't recommend it, clown loaches may grow up to about 6 inches and may tend to be really active.. plus the fact that its better to keep em in schools..
just my opinion..
i may be wrong :duh:
Gumby131
05-15-2006, 7:05 AM
yer i thought id be wrong
dorkfish
05-15-2006, 9:26 PM
Actually you are wrong, clown loaches over time get to (and a long time at that) be about a foot in length, and your also right, they like to be kept in a school. maybe something for that huge tank your gonna need for your ray and black gohst knife.
Red Tailed Wonder
05-17-2006, 12:54 PM
i had 2 in a 30gl once. they were absoulutely fine. still wouldnt reccomend aschool ofclowns. two might be ok but still wouldnt reccomend it.
hope this helps
i had 2 in a 30gl once. they were absoulutely fine. still wouldnt reccomend aschool ofclowns. two might be ok but still wouldnt reccomend it.
hope this helps
Why?????????????????
I have 3 clown loaches in a 20 right now and I bought a 80g to move them to asap!! They can't live in a 20 for long, trust me I know!!
I have 2 in a 20 gallon tank and they seem perfectly happy,though there still juveniles.
Well of course they will seem fine in a 20 gallon when they are tiny. As would a shark. But a little research into their adult size will immediately show how that is not the tank for them.
marto
05-19-2006, 11:27 AM
if u keep them in a small tank they will be stunted & wont grown to full size
Ransom
05-19-2006, 12:38 PM
if u keep them in a small tank they will be stunted & wont grown to full size
Supposedly that's a myth, but I have had clown loaches in 10, 20L, and 29's for a couple of years that didn't grow much as far as I could tell while silver dollars, angels, tinfoil barbs, etc. grew at their normal rate/size (huge).
Supposedly that's a myth, but I have had clown loaches in 10, 20L, and 29's for a couple of years that didn't grow much as far as I could tell while silver dollars, angels, tinfoil barbs, etc. grew at their normal rate/size (huge).
If I put you in a closet to live, would you still grow??? :eek:
kjenber
05-19-2006, 9:44 PM
Do What you feil and I will fallow. If thats what you want,then you have it.
dorkfish
05-19-2006, 10:42 PM
I think the questions been answered, and he is'nt gonna get them. and anyone else with clown loaches in a 20g, do you think a foot long fish will be able to turn around in there?
TorturedSOUL
05-20-2006, 12:44 AM
Yeah dude it is a great idea to keep clown loaches in a 20 gallon tank. It's sort of like keeping a 7'4" guy in an 8'x8' cell for the rest of his life.
Ransom
05-20-2006, 9:27 PM
If I put you in a closet to live, would you still grow??? :eek:
Yes.
dorkfish
05-20-2006, 9:32 PM
Yes.
for how long?
Gumby131
05-21-2006, 3:24 AM
you would still grow dork
you would still grow dork
Yeah that's my point...how comfy would it be???
Would you be able to walk or really function properly??
It's not good to keep something too big in a house that's too small, it's just plain cruel!! :mad2:
It's a myth to think a fish stops growing in a smaller tank, their organs still grow to normal size and the fish ends up dying a slow horrible death.
dominuslive
05-24-2006, 3:53 AM
Fish really grow at the rate at which food is available. Clown loaches can grow up to 12", but most aquarium raised ones rarely see past 6". Keeping a fish in a small tank does not stunt there growth, they just die early.
khombre
05-24-2006, 4:14 AM
some1 here had a 22 yr clown loach in a 30gal..
it was just 4 inches..
u really think its growth wasn't stunted and it just died early?
my clown loaches are less than a year old and they are already past that length :dive2: