tank mates for clown loches

mark · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

hi, I read elephant nose fish would be tank mates for my clown loaches,if I
remember it said they need one cave for every elephant nose as well to keep
1 or 7. right now I have 3 clown loaches and 4 cardinal tetra's and two
other tetra's I can remember what they are,in 33g tank now I known both the
clown's the elephant nose can get big so I just bought used 150g tank.I
would like 7 clown's and 7 elephant nose and large school of cardinals.are
elephant nose good tank mates and is too many fish for that 150g tank.it
will be planted with sand, and will have co2.aswell I keep my loaches in
soft water .is this way base or not?any comments or advice is well come.

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Flash Wilson · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 84

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:16:42 GMT, mark wrote:
>hi, I read elephant nose fish would be tank mates for my clown loaches,if I
>remember it said they need one cave for every elephant nose as well to keep
>1 or 7. right now I have 3 clown loaches and 4 cardinal tetra's and two
>other tetra's I can remember what they are,in 33g tank now I known both the
>clown's the elephant nose can get big so I just bought used 150g tank.I
>would like 7 clown's and 7 elephant nose and large school of cardinals.are
>elephant nose good tank mates and is too many fish for that 150g tank.it
>will be planted with sand, and will have co2.aswell I keep my loaches in
>soft water .is this way base or not?any comments or advice is well come.

I made the mistake of getting an elephant nose because he appeared
to be compatible with my then tankmates, and there were loads of
hiding places. He hid all the time. I fed live food to try to tempt
him, and stuff he could root through the gravel for; he still didn't
come out. A few weeks later I found him dead and very thin. Suspect
he starved.

That's obviously pretty horrible for the fish so I certainly wouldn't
recommend them. Maybe one of the old-timers here can offer you some
advice to get it right, but my experience was sad Sad

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mark · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

thats too bad.
"Flash Wilson" wrote in message@localhost.gorge.org...
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:16:42 GMT, mark wrote:
> >hi, I read elephant nose fish would be tank mates for my clown loaches,if
I
> >remember it said they need one cave for every elephant nose as well to
keep
> >1 or 7. right now I have 3 clown loaches and 4 cardinal tetra's and two
> >other tetra's I can remember what they are,in 33g tank now I known both
the
> >clown's the elephant nose can get big so I just bought used 150g tank.I
> >would like 7 clown's and 7 elephant nose and large school of
cardinals.are
> >elephant nose good tank mates and is too many fish for that 150g tank.it
> >will be planted with sand, and will have co2.aswell I keep my loaches in
> >soft water .is this way base or not?any comments or advice is well come.
>
> I made the mistake of getting an elephant nose because he appeared
> to be compatible with my then tankmates, and there were loads of
> hiding places. He hid all the time. I fed live food to try to tempt
> him, and stuff he could root through the gravel for; he still didn't
> come out. A few weeks later I found him dead and very thin. Suspect
> he starved.
>
> That's obviously pretty horrible for the fish so I certainly wouldn't
> recommend them. Maybe one of the old-timers here can offer you some
> advice to get it right, but my experience was sad Sad

>
>
>
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> Flash Wilson
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