Chris.L Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 mm, my clown loaches have been acting VERY funny for the last couple of months, as in, collecting food in their mouths and making a 'nest' like structure at the front of the tank. Yesterday I noticed about 20 eggs on the front glass panel. Could this be the clown loaches? Or something else? I have discus / corys / neons in the tank, but they were not discus or cory eggs, as they looked TOTALLY different. Any help would be appreciated cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Waachubindrinkin'boy Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Waachubindrinkin'boy Alan mind expanding on that? The eggs are gone now ;\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 As far as I know there are very few reports of Clown Loaches breeding in aquariums. Good luck if they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 if i were you i'd remove the eggs if they appear again put them in another tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 As Andy says - I'd remove the eggs if it happens again. Here's an article about a guy in England spawning them: Loach breeding according to the article the eggs are small and slightly golden in colour - does that match up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 How would I remove the eggs from the glass? I will get some pics if it happens again :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Removing the eggs depends on how robust the eggs are. With cory eggs it's reasonably easy - I've found that immediately after laying they're two soft but give them an hour or so and they can be more easily handled - just roll them onto the tip of your finger - most of the time they stick but I do also have one of those plastic pipettes ready in the other hand to suck up any that I dislodge that don't stick to my finger. The other way that people will remove eggs from the glass is with a razor blade - should have it at an angle to the glass so that you are scraping off rather than slicing through. Remove the eggs to a container with water from the spawning tank and possibly some light aeration. If removing eggs individually have them spread out in the hatching container (makes it easier to remove any eggs that are infertile or start to fungus). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac2 Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 just want to know , were u luck enough to get clown loach eggs or were they something eles ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 hi those are most probably cory eggs as clown loaches are egg scatterers and are very hard to breed i only know of one person who bred them and that was in america i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 It does happen even if only very rarely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Even arowanas breed Check other thread. Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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