clown loach normal?>???

[mishababy]

Ok so i started with 4 of the clown loaches one died like 2 weeks after i got them, i have the 3 left, one is real big and fat and the other two are tiny and kinda limp check out this pic and tell me if it is normal
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mishababy77/detail?.dir=/db73&.dnm=9290.jpg&.src=ph

 

[bala_aquarium]

have you noticed the two limp ones eating

 

[mishababy]

i havent seen any of the 3 eat, the biggest one all he does is hide in the log and then for like 20 minutes at a time swim up and down the side of the tank by the log i dont know how to make them eat because the guppies and platies always get the food if the others dont get it.

 

[jefftaylor]

They need sinking tablets. They are a bottom feeder. A good brand is nutrafin staple food tablets. Also i think you are going to run into trouble when they start to grow. You have way to many fish in your tank. I would already being doing more than 1 water change per week, and when the loaches start to get big you will have to do more.

 

[Lotus]

I can't really see much in the picture You might want to do a search for "loach skinny disease" or "loach wasting disease" and see if any pictures match how your fish look. There's a good article here: http://www.geocities.com/pktechlizard/skinny.htm

 

[mishababy]

well the loach in the picture died on thursday, and the other one died today so i only have one loach left, the big one he eats really well

 

[PlecoCollector]

I'm sorry you lost the two I lost a Loach to Wasting Disease as well.