Best plants for Clowns
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Best plants for Clowns
I know they EAT plants, but does anyone have any suggestion on plants that are more resistant to a Clown Loach? I have 2 Anubias Nana and while they are doing OK, they have a few holes poked into them, but only a very few... should I stick with Anubias? Are there any other (preferably low light - 1-2 WPG) plants for a Clown Loach tank?
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I find that mine pick at my sword's leaves only when there is something on the leaves. Basically they end up looking like Swiss Cheese...you know...before they die.abaigael04 wrote:and I give mine veggies a few times a week and they SHREDDED both my swords... I will look at the java and crypts for now, too...
I'm getting ready to re-home all my loaches and I'm going to try Java Fern, Java Moss, Egeria densa (which has done ok with them so far), and Onion Plant(Crinum thaianum) in a river tank setup. Anybody have any favorite plants that loaches don't eat that I might like?
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Mine were ok with Anubias and Java Fern until they got over the 6" mark and larger ones were also introduced (up to 12"). They seem to get more mischevous and egg each other on to destroy the planted scene when they get bigger. I was having to replace all my motherplants (expensive!) about 4 or 5 times a year because they would destroy them, now I have gone over to the dreaded plastic plants! I have some at the tank which are attached via suckers to the back glass, and they even manage to pull those off.
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Hi Jade,
I asked the same question a few months back- http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ght=plants
Java fern turned out to be the one they bother the least, but it still has some holes...I wound up removing the Annubius altogether, when they started stripping whole leaves off and uprooted it a few times, just for fun.
Emma's absolutely right- when they are tiny, they don't bother plants...they get a little bigger, the holes start appearing...they get a lot bigger and they turn into positive hooligans.
Kate
I asked the same question a few months back- http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ght=plants
Java fern turned out to be the one they bother the least, but it still has some holes...I wound up removing the Annubius altogether, when they started stripping whole leaves off and uprooted it a few times, just for fun.
Emma's absolutely right- when they are tiny, they don't bother plants...they get a little bigger, the holes start appearing...they get a lot bigger and they turn into positive hooligans.
Kate
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The other thing to think about is the other fish you keep in the same tank.
Many Loach keepers like to keep Barbs with their Loaches. Many Barbs are Herbivores.
I have recently added P Nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb). They have shreaded the leaves from my Water Wistera. It probably needs more light anyway.
My Java Fern is OK. I recently found out Java Fern prefers to grow on wood rather than in the substrate. Is anyone else aware of this?
Many Loach keepers like to keep Barbs with their Loaches. Many Barbs are Herbivores.
I have recently added P Nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb). They have shreaded the leaves from my Water Wistera. It probably needs more light anyway.
My Java Fern is OK. I recently found out Java Fern prefers to grow on wood rather than in the substrate. Is anyone else aware of this?
It is mentioned in Peter Hiscock's Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Aqua ... 321&sr=1-1 I just love this book. It has a ton of great information.Botia Robert wrote:My Java Fern is OK. I recently found out Java Fern prefers to grow on wood rather than in the substrate. Is anyone else aware of this?
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