Busy Tank, Too Much?

wataugachicken said:
Whatever.
? ? Rereading what I wrote. Hrm, just to clarify, I wasn't saying "Gotcha" as in "I read differently and I found you are wrong" I meant "Gotcha" as in "I hear ya and that's good advice".
i'm not basing it on anything i've read, i'm basing it on experience from observing how they interact with each other in groups. one might be fine by itself, but when you have several, they will play together, follow each other around the tank, take turns surfing in the powerhead current, and sleep on top of each other in a cave, like a pile of tired hound dogs. seeing how active and happy they seem to be when there is a small or large group of them, i can't recommend having just one.
Right. And after you mentioning they like to be in groups, I did a search here and yes, the majority do feel they do better in groups. Ergo, I must group my loaches for them to be their happiest. So, I must either plan on 1 more at some point or trade in the loaches for something else.
and what do you mean by "nowhere'? surely you didn't have time to search the entire internet?!?
Well, that particular "no where" meant LiveAquaria.com. On their Clown Loach web page it doesn't say anything about grouping and that's my error. Obviously they are wrong and I should have done some more research before I bought the two I have. If everyone here says they need to group to be happiest, then, dammit, group they should be!

However, yes, I usually DO search the internet to verify information when I can, but unless you know *something* about your subject matter, you end up at 7 different sites with 4 different answers :)

I prefer to go with what the majority here say. It's usually the correct course.

Thanks a bunch for your help with all this and I'm sorry if I came across the wrong way,

Roan
 
okay, sorry about that, i misread it as you calling me out on a mistake. sorry again!
 
wataugachicken said:
okay, sorry about that, i misread it as you calling me out on a mistake. sorry again!
Whew! Glad we got that straightened out. I'm just glad you posted and didn't just get mad and ignored me or else we'd be at odds for no reason :)

Take care and thanks again for the sound advice!

Roan
 
GREAT NEWS!!!!

Hubby is buying me an 90g for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I can get a 180g in April!!!!!

I'm thrilled!

AND AND AND we are getting a female het piebald ball python for Christmas too! A mate for Ricky!

:thud:
Can't believe it!

Roan
 
those snakes are incredibly beautiful. congrats on getting all of that!
 
wataugachicken said:
those snakes are incredibly beautiful. congrats on getting all of that!
Thanks!

I've nixed the 180g though. Too big. I think we'll get another 90 and a 50 instead, or two 50s.

I love my snakes -- er, snake. I had two, but my "husband who does not likes snakes and never even held a snake" held Ricky one day and fell in love. So I gave Ricky to him and I still have Monty. Once we get a wife for Ricky, we can breed in a couple of years and get a couple of piebald snakes of out the clutch. Can't wait!

Roan
 
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