clown loaches in a 50 gallon

[DeirdreHoyle]

One of the people at my lfs said her sister kept 4 clown loaches in a 50 gallon tank and they lived for 14 years...is this possible?! Everything I've read tells me this is crazy...

 

[Cynic]

I'd never say that's impossible but I'd say the odds of it are closing to 0% than they are to 1%.

 

[tnfinfan]

Severely stunted fish can survive for years but 14 sounds like a misunderstanding. Maybe she replaced the fish with more of the same periodically and it appeared she had four clowns for the whole time she kept a tank...

There are many smaller loach species better suited to a tank of that size and I really wish they'd stop selling clowns.

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

Yeah I bought some at the store and then read about them, gave them to my mom (she has a 100 gallon tank) and then I asked about them the next time I was in the store. That's when the woman told me that story.

 

[threnjen]

Deirdre what fish store do you go to in OR? I live in the Portland area. The most frequent store I go to I don't really think that all of the employees know all that much!

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

Deirdre what fish store do you go to in OR? I live in the Portland area. The most frequent store I go to I don't really think that all of the employees know all that much!

I live in NW Portland! I have been going to the Tropical Hut on Division and I really don't think they know that much either lol but I just discovered a place called the Wet Spot on NE Sandy. That place is amazing! And they had a big sign explaining why goldfish can't be kept in a fish bowl, so I was impressed Where do you go?

 

[threnjen]

I live in the Beaverton area so I go to "World of Wet Pets" most often, but when I have the time I go to The Wet Spot because that place is amaaaaaazing! They have such a huge selection. I get all my plants there because they have such great variety.

Except their dwarf cories gave my tank columnaris =( It would be nice if they had told me that "oh they are in quarantine, you can come back and buy them in a few days" actually meant that they were sick (and didn't get better before I bought them). Here I just assumed they were new and not available for sale yet - in a waiting period. So I like them quite a lot less after half my tank died.

I still like them though. Their store is the envy of the whole west coast, by the way!

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

I live in the Beaverton area so I go to "World of Wet Pets" most often, but when I have the time I go to The Wet Spot because that place is amaaaaaazing! They have such a huge selection. I get all my plants there because they have such great variety.

Except their dwarf cories gave my tank columnaris =( It would be nice if they had told me that "oh they are in quarantine, you can come back and buy them in a few days" actually meant that they were sick (and didn't get better before I bought them). Here I just assumed they were new and not available for sale yet - in a waiting period. So I like them quite a lot less after half my tank died.

I still like them though. Their store is the envy of the whole west coast, by the way!

Yeah I was really impressed with the wet spot, I read they have the largest cichlid selection in north america! I'm sorry your fish got sick, that's too bad. It's something all too familiar to the fish keeper :/

 

[threnjen]

Yes, I have a quarantine tank now after that particular incident =|

I need to make it over there to them next weekend, I need some new plants!

Sorry I derailed your topic, I was just so curious where you shop!

 

[DeirdreHoyle]

No problem, I think it's awesome to find someone who lives in my area on this huge forum!