Zebra Loach

[onebto]

Well as the title says. A couple of times I have observed my zebra loach clicking whilst eating I am sure they did. Now I definitely know Clown Loach do ..heck... my neighbours know .

But I was unaware Zebra's did until they started doing it the other week, of course I had trouble believing it so took the opportunity to pay attention at feeding time a little more than usual in my mind is it was the Clowns somewhere in the back ground but NO NO NO!


YES YES YES they do this may not be a revelation to anyone else but it is to me Why?

Before getting any new species of fish I do a lot of research here on this site and all around the web and I always have a good idea of what I am getting myself into and not once have I observed in all the stuff I have read that Zebra Loach click. For example before getting Clown Loach I new they clicked and I though I had got a dis-functional group as it took close to 2 months for them to click in front of me, of course they were just settling into there new home.

Am I mad?

Have my Clown Loach learnt to throw there click?

Or have I just stumbled onto natural behaviour that I never knew about

Regards onebto.

 

[Cossie333]

Well as the title says. A couple of times I have observed my zebra loach clicking whilst eating I am sure they did. Now I definitely know Clown Loach do ..heck... my neighbours know .

But I was unaware Zebra's did until they started doing it the other week, of course I had trouble believing it so took the opportunity to pay attention at feeding time a little more than usual in my mind is it was the Clowns somewhere in the back ground but NO NO NO!


YES YES YES they do this may not be a revelation to anyone else but it is to me Why?

Before getting any new species of fish I do a lot of research here on this site and all around the web and I always have a good idea of what I am getting myself into and not once have I observed in all the stuff I have read that Zebra Loach click. For example before getting Clown Loach I new they clicked and I though I had got a dis-functional group as it took close to 2 months for them to click in front of me, of course they were just settling into there new home.

Am I mad?


nope my botia kubotai (polkadot loach) does it most loaches do lol good luch nieghboros

Have my Clown Loach learnt to throw there click?

Or have I just stumbled onto natural behaviour that I never knew about

Regards onebto.

 

[Essjay]

I don't know about zebra loaches, but my dwarf chain loaches click when they get a particular food. The first time I thought they were knocking it against an ornament, so next time I dropped it in a clear space, and there was the clicking again - so it had to be the fish themselves.

 

[loachman]

All Botia will do it, as will clown loaches. The Yasuhikotakia loaches should also do it.

 

[onebto]

Thanks for the confirmation I am not mad

As they say " You learn something new every day "

Regards onebto.

 

[chesterscot]

yeah zebras click away mine do especially when eating wafers
scot

 

[loachman]

yeah zebras click away mine do especially when eating wafers
scot

Yeah, it is very common when they're eating solid/hard foods like pellets and wafers.