Clown Loach

[Richard B]

Has anyone had issue with A Clown Loach eating fish?
I have 3 that are getting up there in size 4+ inches I had 5 Juli Gombi cant find them also looks like my male Black Calvas has gone missing
there are 3 Albino Ruby Reds and a few Ancestrus also.
Lots of rock in a 120
The clowns are much more active now that they are larger when I out them in I never saw them unless the room was dark at night now they are much more active.
There is not a snail to be found.
Richard

[fischfan13]

I wouldn't put it by a nice sized Clown Loach to make a meal out of smaller fish...especially fry. I truly believe they are one of the biggest reasons why I do not have more Tropheus fry...which is one huge reason why I am selling my colony of Clown Loaches.

[mack74]

Bill its the clowns, They love fry.

[TwoTankAmin]

I have 7 good size clowns. They are in a 75 gal and need a much bigger now. After 6 long fin bristlenose 3.5-4.5 inches disappeared in the tank and then a year later 4/5 SAE between 5 and 6 inches died with red marks on them, I have come to believe that my beloved clowns can and will eat or kill other stuff. At the time I lost all the bn the clowns were way smaller than today.

My feeling is anything near the bottom of a tank is in loach controlled territory and if it can't hold its own, it better learn to pray.