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chicago1847

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What bottom feeders can I get that are not shy? I bought two clown loaches but all they do is hide.
20gal
1 red dwarf gourami
10 neon tetras
2 freaked out clown loaches
 
cory cats, but only if you have at least three or four. Otherwise they'll get reclusive too. How long have you had the loaches?
 
About 4 days now. I wanted to get some Emerald corys but I couldn't find any.
 
It takes some time, but soon they will almost always be out. They are great fish and very intertaining. Mine hang out by the front glass and sleep there on their sides or on there back. Occasionally they will swim around the top with their noses out of the water and start to click, it even wakes me up! They're real cute, all they like to do is play!
 
Is 20g too small for loaches? I should have checked before hand but that guy at the LFS said it would be fine...now I'm reading that they can get up to six inches long in captivity.
 
Actually, they can get up to 12"+ in size. Many people raise them to this size in large tanks. So to answer your question...no, a 20g isn't big enough to house clown loaches. Especially since they are pretty long-lived fish if kept in the right conditions.
You could try some Zebra loaches, Dwarf Chain loaches or Kuhli loaches.
 
Often the people at an LFS will tell you that alot of bad things are fine, some because they don't care about the welfare of the fish, some because they don't know any better themselves! Its always best to do your own research, that way you don't have to rely on someone who may not know the answer and just takes a wild/uninformed guess!!!
 
I remember the person at the LFS completely contradicted my research. He said that oto catfish were extremely agressive, wereas the flying foxes were not. This is the opposite of what I heard, and now I'm not sure whether or not to get them. Maybe he was just trying to get rid of the foxes...
 
Are the Zebra loaches, Dwarf Chain loaches or Kuhli loaches as much fun as Clown loaches? Or would corys be more appropriate (in terms of size) for a 20g tank?
 
Otos are extremely aggressive. lol..that's just absurd.

IMO, those loaches are a lot of fun...as are corys. If you'd rather have corys, then by all means get them. Most corys would do well in that size tank, anyway.
 
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