Clown loach acting odd

[JDH]

One of my clown's died yesterday, and now another one of the 3 remaining is acting odd. It's sort of swimming/staying in one place but it's vertical. Should I be concerned? The other 2 seem to be fine. Thanks.

 

[Yenko]

I'd check your water parameters.

 

[LoachLover]

Being verticle does not sound like a good thing.

 

[Gix]

I dunno...I've seen my clowns swim vertically on two occasions.

Quite frequently mine will find something in the tank (a plant, the intake tube for my filter, a wall) and hover vertically right up against it. I think that's pretty much fine. They just do that.

The other time was a long time ago, when I didn't know anything and had one clown in a 10 gallon that was really dirty (I know! It's horrible! I promise I didn't know any better! ) Whether this was normal or not, I'm not really sure.

I guess I can't really say much for sure, but clowns have been known to do weird things..