icic , thanks alot for your help guys !
its normal. may get awhile before they got accustomed to you. i always feed my fishes at the same spot. give them time..... and my loaches are always hiding (yup, same spot), from time to time they ll b out to find food or jus swimmin around. don't worry so much...
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icic , thanks alot for your help guys !
My clown loach never hide anymore, although in the early days they spent ALOT of time side by side snuggled up in my wood. The only fish to hide in my tank are my Flying Foxes now, and even they come out once they realise i'm just pottering about my room.
Patience, regular feeding and little disturbacnes will all help them become tame/used to you![]()
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Totally agree with Verminator
Patience is the key for them to recognise you.
i understand and will be patient! just a joy seeing them swimming around happily. gotta get my clown loach his buddy tmr , too busy today!
Their growth rate are quite slow in captive,those large specimen we usually see are imported.
Mine responds to hand feeding too.Unlike my other loaches..no wonder they are called 'clown' loaches, really makes me laugh sometimes.
To think in some places, they eat them as food.
as food????? ***.. thats sick
my 2 clowns always hiding with each other i think they found a perfect spot for each other behind the wood , they even dig a hole so they can go under the wood. dont know if i should cover the hole up or not during water change tmr
Just be careful not to cave in the hole, especially if there in it. They always dig, and would just dig a new one if you fill it.![]()
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hahah i will take note of that. maybe i think i will leave it ! hope they come out more to play thou.!
Loaches are usually shy creatures.. They tend to go into hiding when kept in small groups or worse still I heard one lfs uncle telling me that they will become very aggressive to other tankmates due to self defense when kept in small numbers.. The recommended number is actually 4 - 5 pieces at elast.. Min. think 3 pieces..
No doubts you will find them very entertaining when they got used to the tank.. Beware as they are scaleless fishes.. Therefore very easily prone to itch..
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I'm going to have to evict a few residents in my current 3ft to make room for them though. Tetra's shall be shipped to a new 2ft i think, along with a few others.
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