antwan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I was just going to post this for Sweetysmum in her other thread, but I think this fish deserves its own! I think she said it was 20 years old. That is so awesome, and BIG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Oh wow what a beautiful old fat Clowny!!! Looks like a striped sausage! :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thats awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 at a guess & using a scale off my 3 inch clowns, that looks to me to be around 9 inches. Am i right? Although the height of it looks wrong in the pic, like a computer stretched image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeepa Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 WHOA Thats pretty big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Although the height of it looks wrong in the pic, like a computer stretched image. lol at least now we know who ate all the pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwijaydee Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 OMG it makes me want to go to the LFS and buy 6 of them right now, just so I can try and recreate him/her! :lol: I've got time..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 WOAH thats BIG what do you feed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 OMG it makes me want to go to the LFS and buy 6 of them right now, just so I can try and recreate him/her! :lol: I've got time..... You will need more than time, maybe an eternity & as spidersweb put it so gently, ALL THE PIES! to recreate this monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Whoa that is so cool... please can she take another pic with a reference point in it.. e.g a neon tetra!! It looks massive. I don't think the photo is stretched as they grow out in every direction, but I really like it how they get 'tall' as well (from belly to dorsal fin). When they get this big they can munch on whole shrimp pellets. They get good at stealing them away very quickly. They grow so slowly; I have 16 and have had 3 of them for about 4 years and they're not as big as a couple of others I acquired so I wonder how old they are. That's an indication of great fish keeping when a fish can live that long and still be alive and well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 He's so cute n' chubby! 20 years old he's doing well. I love clown loaches... must get bigger tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Whoa that is so cool... please can she take another pic with a reference point in it.. e.g a neon tetra!! When they get this big they can munch on whole shrimp pellets. Hmmm, neon tertra reference point may have disappeared into the gob of this monster maybe. A neon could resemble a shrimp pellet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwijaydee Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 :lol: Yah.. I'm not sure how I'll do after the first 10 years.. ...and I don't know how I would feel about the loach trying to steal all my pies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Lol, i think a clown is more the 'skulk around 'til no one's watching, then grab and dash' kind of pie eater, as opposed to one of my bettas - i was leaning over the tank a few days ago, watching them feed and sucking on a candy cane, when she decided she liked the look of my snack better (managed to catch her, i swear she has sky-diving aspirations). I have 5 young clowns, and though i love how big they can get (at Dubai airport I saw some well over 30cms) I hope mine take their time, otherwise it'll be re-home or EVEN BIGGER tank, which i'm not sure my "partner" (self-titled boss) would agree to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatito Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 But yes, big kudos to anyone who has the level of commitment and enough TLC to get such a big (don't dare say fat - it might mistake ME for a shrimp pellet) beautiful specimen. I wonder if i still have my current fish in 20 years, what the level of attachment to the individual fish would be? Thats the same lifespan as a cat or small dog.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 All this pie talk... :lol: :lol: It brings me back to that Tui (beer) Bill board, "Look at the girl eating the pie".. YEAH RIGHT... :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwijaydee Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Would take a big fish to steal MY bloody pies.. :lol: I think that clown could put up a good fight though, if it could get itself off the gravel for long enough to battle with me.. :lol: :lol: FYI - I went back to Texas last year for one month, to visit family, and first thing I ate when I got back to NZ was a pie. Technical question, at that size, how big a tank would you need for 6 clown loaches? What kind of litreage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 So you like the good old kiwi pie aye :lol: There are or were huge Clown Loaches at the Napier Aquarium... when I last looked.. They get rather big, and not only length wise, they get big all round. You would need a huge tank for 6 BIG clown loaches, I'm looking at my 8fter now, and with the ones I saw at the Aquarium, there is no way I would feel comfy ever housing 6 that size in our 8ft size tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetysmum Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Thank you Antwan for your help with making Sweety a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 hi sweetysmum, can you give us some confirmed details, exact age if you know, length & how active is he? Does he have a mate, has he breed before & what does he eat by the kilo each day? Smidey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 lol its a pity your's and farmchicks sisters clowns cant be united they have one thats huge as well its really impressive they just pretty much built an 8ft tank just for the loach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 lol its a pity your's and farmchicks sisters clowns cant be united they have one thats huge as well its really impressive they just pretty much built an 8ft tank just for the loach Yeh, my sisters one is pretty impressive too. Way more active now he/she (?) is in the big tank. At a guess, its probably about 25-30cm and rather round :lol: I think she has had him for about a year now and he was 10+ years when she got him. His little buddy is about 12-15cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetysmum Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Hi, Sweety was thrilled to hear she has become a celebrity. I would say from one tip to the other she is about a foot long. I have had her for over 20 years and she is blind in one eye. She has real personality and is a people fish. She can be very active and play with her stones, but she also enjoys laying down and sleeping alot too. I love her to pieces. I can't wait to see her settled in her new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 man iw ant 1 dat big i only got little ones like 4cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
je_suis_ketan Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 wow that is an impressive Loach! Just wondering what size is the old and the current tank she is in? I have 3 Clown loaches and I love them to bits, though they are a bit shy. But right characters, I reckon they got the title Clown for their character rather than their colour :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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