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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

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.

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

I feed raw prawns that I chop up.

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.

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

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

Same here.

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!

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.

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.

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.

"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

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.

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 :-