Cross-species socialization (poor lonely blue)
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:01 pm
Hi all,
Been awhile since I've stopped by. Hope everyone is doing fine!
I'm looking for some advice on a sad, lonely Blue Loach I recently spotted in a LFS. He is in a bare 65g display tank with some very large fish, none of which are loaches. Looks a little anxious, but otherwise seems to be hanging in there.
The thought crossed my mind to try to rescue him from that situation. Putting aside the ethical dilemma of giving that store money, one of my main concerns is that I do not have any other blue loaches. Nor do I have room to add any.
I do however, have a small group of clowns. Do loaches socialize cross species? Would hanging out around clowns be an improvement for this guy? I don't want to "support" this LFS if I am not really improving his situation by much.
Been awhile since I've stopped by. Hope everyone is doing fine!
I'm looking for some advice on a sad, lonely Blue Loach I recently spotted in a LFS. He is in a bare 65g display tank with some very large fish, none of which are loaches. Looks a little anxious, but otherwise seems to be hanging in there.
The thought crossed my mind to try to rescue him from that situation. Putting aside the ethical dilemma of giving that store money, one of my main concerns is that I do not have any other blue loaches. Nor do I have room to add any.
I do however, have a small group of clowns. Do loaches socialize cross species? Would hanging out around clowns be an improvement for this guy? I don't want to "support" this LFS if I am not really improving his situation by much.