Clown Loach behaviour

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For the first time today i noticed one of my clown loaches laying on its side under one of the filters, i had the fright of my life thinking it had passed away, well i slowly approached the tank and it moved, so i sat back down and carried on eating lunch, well i looked back and found it was laying on its side again, so i tried to take a photo and the smaller clown loach made it jump and it was upright again. Well i had to leave the room and when i came back, it was again on its side, well i went to take photo and it moved.

Now i have read on a care sheet that this is not an uncommon thing for them to do, but frightened the life out of me.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
 
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Thank you scroggybank, i must admit i do like to watch them because as you say they are fantastic fish, behaviour wise and i am looking forward to having them in a small group in the large tank : D
 
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Its perfectly normal for most loaches:yes:

My yoyo's sleep like that all day lol.
And yes the first time they did it when i got them i thought they were dead:(
 
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Terry Got Hip kissed said:
Clowns are fantastic fish, very entertaining, scares you the 1st time you hear them click as well, sounds like gravel hitting the glass


are yours little porkers? i only have 1 but he's a waddler now, little piggy :D
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One of them gets extremely fat for a few weeks and even months, I looked into it, apparently its a female that wants to get jiggy with it but they don't breed or they are very difficult to breed in an aquarium. The other one is a male and isn't really much of a porker lol.
 
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Doodles said:
One of them gets extremely fat for a few weeks and even months, I looked into it, apparently its a female
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Sorry i don't know why i guess being a man all my fish are generalised as Male until proven otherwise, my Rainbow Cichlid being a good point in case, thought i had a lad for a year till i put another one in and my lad laid eggs :-/
 
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Doodles said:
Its perfectly normal for most loaches:yes:

My yoyo's sleep like that all day lol.
And yes the first time they did it when i got them i thought they were dead:(
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:hi: Doodles.

All day lol, do you find yourself going up to the tank just to check on them now and again or are you used to it by now?
 
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Terry Got Hip kissed said:
Clowns are fantastic fish, very entertaining, scares you the 1st time you hear them click as well, sounds like gravel hitting the glass


:hi: chuck

I so agree :D and have heard them clicking and yes it does sound like gravel hitting glass :yes: i did wonder what it was at the time and watched a while and noticed it was them making the noise :woohoo:
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Hi, super fish, quite a character. they like to be in groups.
they can grow quite big too.
I used to gave some but one got stuck in a pleco cave and I had to break the cave to free him! after that I could not risk a repeat while i was on holiday so I rehomed them. miss them, but have a couple of yoyo's who are fun to watch too,.
 
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