LOACHES FAKING DEATH -- VERY STRANGE!
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 6:08 pm
I bought several clown loaches to eradicate the tiny snails in my 70 gallon and my 45 gallon aquariums. They have done an excellent job of this. For several weeks I observe the 45 gallon aquarium and find my three clown loaches always in the exact same bottom corner, lying upside down or on their sides and often ON TOP OF EACH OTHER! As many times as I see this my immediate reaction is they must be dead, but no! I approach the aquarium and they take of swimming as if in perfect health. My 70 gallon tank has maybe 8 loaches that do not behave this way at all. Both tanks are stocked primarily with African cichlids. Temperature is close to 80* because this is Texas. Ph is maybe 8.5 -- not ideal, I know. The loaches are small fish store size -- 2 to 3/12 inches at most. They are happy to eat. I feed flake food and an algae pill daily.
i have never before seen fish behave this way and not be dead within a few hours but this has been going on for weeks.
Don in Austin, Texas
i have never before seen fish behave this way and not be dead within a few hours but this has been going on for weeks.
Don in Austin, Texas