Loaches Online Forum

I hate being the bearer of bad news but I dont know how smart it would be to add anymore fish to your tank at this point. You stated that you have a 20gallon and as a rule of thumb you should only have 1in of fish per tank. With what you have, minus the clowns, at adult size, you will have around ...

In your case I would buy a trio to have at least five. They will do better in bigger groups.
Trust me, I'm going to :D Even though I got those 3 at the same time and they were always together. Like I said one of them wont come out of hiding now that one of them died! I am just glad it wasnt Spot ...

So, I just spent the last 2 hours going through all of the posts in this thread. Lets just say your tank has evolved so much since you started in 2007. I would love to have a tank dedicated to clown loaches. They are my favorite. I had 3 in my tank but my heater broke last week without me realizing ...