prawns for clown loach

gojuli · Post by **gojuli** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:47 pm

hey everyone.. i just signed in.. so newbe :D
just a quick question.. was wondering if i can feed my clown loaches prawns.. and if they have to be fresh/raw or if they can be boiled???
thanks for feedback :D

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:28 pm

I buy cocktail shrimp/salad shrimp that are preboiled, so I can just break them up in pieces for my fish or I stick them on a fork and put the fork in the gravel and all my fish go wild! Yummy!
It only takes a few second sin the microwave to cook the shrimp too.

gojuli · Post by **gojuli** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:38 pm

oh cool, thanks for the info! i'm the biggest clown loach fan.. they are just the funniest fish

thanks again

Gary Stanton · Post by **Gary Stanton** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:55 pm

I feed raw prawns that I chop up.

chefkeith · Post by **chefkeith** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:18 am

I buy whatever is cheapest on my wallet. I feed them to the loaches however I get them, Raw or Cooked, but I do take off the shell and tail if I need to.

Marcos Mataratzis · Post by **Marcos Mataratzis** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:53 am

I have tryied a couple times but my Clowns seams to prefer boiled chest chicken.

andre · Post by **andre** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:23 am

Gary Stanton wrote:I feed raw prawns that I chop up.

Same here.

gojuli · Post by **gojuli** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:17 pm

oh wow, thanks for information eveyone! and chicken breast.. wow i never heard of that.. i'll try that!

i got 5 loaches in a 100 L tank (with 1gurami,2bolivan ram,2barbs and 2sort tails) and they are pigs hahah, i think they think they are sharks

they all eat realy well, i just wanted to give them more variety, i usaly feed them flakes, budworms (frozen or alive) and vegies like cucumber n latuce... so prawns and the chicken idea sounds great!
thanks for the info guys!

bslindgren · Post by **bslindgren** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:07 pm

I take a cooked prawn and attach it to a rock with a rubber band. The loaches (and everything else in the tank) will tear at it for a long time before dislodging it. It started with the need to have something that stayed put for a long time to get a clown laoch out of its hidey hole to eat. It is now coming out and feeding with the other fish, so the tactic paid off.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:15 pm

andre wrote:
Gary Stanton wrote:I feed raw prawns that I chop up.
Same here.

I take them and mix them in the blender with raw fish, usually rainbow trout, some veggie flakes and vitamins. They love it and it is great for them.

valkyrie · Post by **valkyrie** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:37 pm

gojuli wrote:oh wow, thanks for information eveyone! and chicken breast.. wow i never heard of that.. i'll try that!
i got 5 loaches in a 100 L tank (with 1gurami,2bolivan ram,2barbs and 2sort tails) and they are pigs hahah, i think they think they are sharks they all eat realy well, i just wanted to give them more variety, i usaly feed them flakes, budworms (frozen or alive) and vegies like cucumber n latuce... so prawns and the chicken idea sounds great!
thanks for the info guys!

Your 5 loaches will outgrow you 100L tank. Do you have something to upgrade them to.

gojuli · Post by **gojuli** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:59 am

"Your 5 loaches will outgrow you 100L tank. Do you have something to upgrade them to."

not yet but deffinatly want to upgreat some time soon, realy like to get a much bigger tank and add 2 more loaches, so maye they are all up a little family off 8 or so...

at the moment my loaches are all pretty smal still.. the biggest beeing about 8cm and they smallest still naerly only 5 cm

thanks for ther reply

OneWay · Post by **OneWay** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:31 am

after several posts about cucumbers and shrimp,,,, i treat my loaches to this skewer.

ya bit fuzzy, but just wanted to post a quick pict of the treat. This one is for lights out, but when i have a full day lightfrenzy on it I will post pictures of that too.

LeStat · Post by **LeStat** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:05 am

I throw my small cooked & peeled prawns in loose just before lights out so that all the loach can pick one up and go eat wherever they choose. However, I like to fix a 2" piece of cucumber out in the open so I can watch my little guys enjoy :-

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