Hi there,
I bought 3 clown loaches on Saturday ( Iwas thinking 3 was a good number to start with) But the problem is they dont seem to have 'found' each other! I have 1 hiding behind the filter and another at the other end of the tank hiding behind my UV Sterilizer head, dont know where the 3rd is but I stuck in a plastic 'tree stump' type thing that is stanndig up and I am thinking it may be in there.
I thought that to keep stress etc down these fish need to be in company of their own? How can I get them to all 'meet up'???
At the moment they just look scared hiding in the corners. I was wondering whether to:
A. Switch the tank light off for a couple of days?
B. Remove the tank decor (or most of it) for a few hours to let them 'see' each other, but I reliase this may causemore stress.
C. Find another fish shop and buy another 3 Clowns (I went back to the original shop but they have none left
In the tank at the moment (30") is a large 'tree root' decoration as well as the tree stump that are both vertical. I have quite a few large plastic plants as well that they could hide in. Tank mates, 4 decent size silver dollars (Not massive, but a good healthy size). 2 YoYo loaches and around a dozen or so neon/cardinals and a couple of other small fish (Cherry Bard and a single Zebra Danio). I have a Fluval 4 filter to support all these fish as well as a small UV sterilizer that I just put back in to avoid the dreded Ich!.
Anyway any advice would be greatly appreciated, I dont want to loose any of the lovely fish!
I bought 3 clown loaches on Saturday ( Iwas thinking 3 was a good number to start with) But the problem is they dont seem to have 'found' each other! I have 1 hiding behind the filter and another at the other end of the tank hiding behind my UV Sterilizer head, dont know where the 3rd is but I stuck in a plastic 'tree stump' type thing that is stanndig up and I am thinking it may be in there.
I thought that to keep stress etc down these fish need to be in company of their own? How can I get them to all 'meet up'???
At the moment they just look scared hiding in the corners. I was wondering whether to:
A. Switch the tank light off for a couple of days?
B. Remove the tank decor (or most of it) for a few hours to let them 'see' each other, but I reliase this may causemore stress.
C. Find another fish shop and buy another 3 Clowns (I went back to the original shop but they have none left
In the tank at the moment (30") is a large 'tree root' decoration as well as the tree stump that are both vertical. I have quite a few large plastic plants as well that they could hide in. Tank mates, 4 decent size silver dollars (Not massive, but a good healthy size). 2 YoYo loaches and around a dozen or so neon/cardinals and a couple of other small fish (Cherry Bard and a single Zebra Danio). I have a Fluval 4 filter to support all these fish as well as a small UV sterilizer that I just put back in to avoid the dreded Ich!.
Anyway any advice would be greatly appreciated, I dont want to loose any of the lovely fish!