Alien/clown loach hybrid?

BadBud · 06-29-2008, 06:03 PM

Sooooo ok. So I changed out the substrate in my 180, the loaches were unhappy for a few days, uprooted plants time and time again, ect. But yesterday morning I saw Albert(a), the king(queen) loach do something very very odd...

It was the normal morning routine, a little loach surfing, a little loach piling, a dance here and there. Albert and I were commiserating, he will often "sit with me" in the corner of the tank. And then, quite suddenly and apropos of nothing, his mouth...eeeek! It like, shot out! Like, turned inside out! He lifted his head a little, wiggled his wigglers, opened his mouth, and did something that I can only explain to be similar to a large mouth bass. Like an Alien mouth!

Normal? Not? Call an exorcist? Any ideas?

OrionGirl · 06-29-2008, 06:05 PM

I think he was trying to give you a smooch...

Sounds like a yawn.

Trixie · 06-29-2008, 07:21 PM

I'd call an exorcist anyway. Sounds like fun.

TwoTankAmin · 06-29-2008, 07:32 PM

I have seen my bigger ones do something similar. I just assumed it was the clown equivalent of a yawn.

BadBud · 06-30-2008, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Trixie

I'd call an exorcist anyway. Sounds like fun.

I would, but who knows what's in holy water. Is it dechlorinated? is it hard or soft? What would it do to my water chemistry? And how many gallons are you going to add?

Worse yet, would Albert have to be removed for a holy water dip? What if demonic possession is a water borne illness?

A mind is a terrible thing

Trixie · 06-30-2008, 08:12 AM

LMAO!!!

wesleydnunder · 06-30-2008, 08:34 AM

You might try stroking the tank with a chicken's foot just to be safe.

Mark

johnpeezy · 06-30-2008, 08:58 AM

or maybe a living snail sacrafice to the loach gods?

rich311k · 06-30-2008, 12:01 PM

Does it have to be a virgin snail?

OrionGirl · 06-30-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rich311k

Does it have to be a virgin snail?

How do you tell? Should I be worried about shenninigans in my tank?!?

Trixie · 06-30-2008, 10:18 PM

Yeesh... My snails do nothing else!

BadBud · 07-01-2008, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrionGirl

How do you tell? Should I be worried about shenninigans in my tank?!?

Do not ask these things!!!

OrionGirl · 07-01-2008, 07:28 PM

06-29-2008, 06:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
BadBud happily ever after Join Date: May 2006 Location: Flor-de-da Posts: 1,205	Alien/clown loach hybrid? Sooooo ok. So I changed out the substrate in my 180, the loaches were unhappy for a few days, uprooted plants time and time again, ect. But yesterday morning I saw Albert(a), the king(queen) loach do something very very odd... It was the normal morning routine, a little loach surfing, a little loach piling, a dance here and there. Albert and I were commiserating, he will often "sit with me" in the corner of the tank. And then, quite suddenly and apropos of nothing, his mouth...eeeek! It like, shot out! Like, turned inside out! He lifted his head a little, wiggled his wigglers, opened his mouth, and did something that I can only explain to be similar to a large mouth bass. Like an Alien mouth! Normal? Not? Call an exorcist? Any ideas?

06-29-2008, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,715	I think he was trying to give you a smooch... Sounds like a yawn. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

06-29-2008, 07:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trixie Meow. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,434	I'd call an exorcist anyway. Sounds like fun. __________________

06-29-2008, 07:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
TwoTankAmin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westchester Co., NY Posts: 721	I have seen my bigger ones do something similar. I just assumed it was the clown equivalent of a yawn. __________________ Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.

06-30-2008, 08:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
Trixie Meow. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,434	LMAO!!! __________________

06-30-2008, 08:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
wesleydnunder Resident Cannibal Join Date: May 2006 Location: La Marque, Tx. Posts: 2,303	You might try stroking the tank with a chicken's foot just to be safe. Mark __________________ If it can't be fixxed with a hammer, then you've got an electrical problem.

06-30-2008, 08:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
johnpeezy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 374	or maybe a living snail sacrafice to the loach gods?

06-30-2008, 12:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
rich311k Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 250	Does it have to be a virgin snail?

06-30-2008, 10:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
Trixie Meow. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,434	Yeesh... My snails do nothing else! __________________

07-01-2008, 07:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,715	__________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

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