antwan Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Can't find the original thread from ages ago so just making a new one. Anyway, this is her clown loach now, certainly is a big brute. Sweety'smum said she will take a few photo's and maybe a full tank shot which would be cool to see so they might be up here in a few days or so. Anyway, enough blabber, here's the pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 how big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Not sure exactly, I asked her to take some photo's with things we could get a scale of in the photo so will have to wait and see. Looks like a pretty decent size though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hello Sweety! Nice to meet you at last! I hope one day my little loaches will grow up big and strong like you. Thanks for posting the pic, antwan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 How big is the pipe in the foreground? I've got a couple of big-ish loaches, but none like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 talk about big bertha!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 This is mystic's image fixed up for her. Check these links out: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/cl ... cracanthus http://www.loaches.com/articles/an-intr ... ping-botia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubbo Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Wow that is a good looking fish, I thought about getting some clown loaches for my 130L tank awhile back but I am glade I didn't they wouldn't have fitted in that tiny tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Go ahead and get them by all means, big clown loaches are always in demand, I can't see any LFS anywhere turning you away and saying "nah sorry, there's just not the market and we're over stocked with big clown loaches".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Wow that is a good looking fish, I thought about getting some clown loaches for my 130L tank awhile back but I am glade I didn't they wouldn't have fitted in that tiny tank you have some time to either get a larger tank or sell on when bigger. they take over 20 years to get to that size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 OMG purely awesome *sets alarm clock for 15 years and waits on my clowns i thought were big already* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deno Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I don't know what you all see in these fish. IMO theyr'e hideous creatures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I don't know what you all see in these fish. IMO theyr'e hideous creatures Beauty is in the eye of the beholder And what is ones mans trash is another mans treasure... Sweety you are a real honey... and those other loaches are just fantastic.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 I don't know what you all see in these fish. IMO theyr'e hideous creatures They kind of give me the creeps too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriswolf Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I don't know what you all see in these fish. IMO theyr'e hideous creatures I have to say these super-giant ones are pretty weird looking but they're such cool fish! We have some biggish ones at work and they're such clowns (pun sort of intended :lol:); it's their personality that makes them cute to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 There's a good article by Emma Turner in this months Practical Fish Keeping magazine. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 When I had clown loaches mine doubled in size in about 2 months so they must not grow that slow or do they grow to a certain point and then slow down? When I took mine back the lfs were really keen for them back and the next morning I went back in and they'd sold already . One of the staff said they sold about 20 minutes after I brought them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 They will grow rather rapidly fed well from such a small size and then the growth commonly slows down somewhat after they reach around the 5 inch mark.. (13cm).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Oh sweet as mine grew rwally really fast from about 3cms to 6cms until I got rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 I can see how the untrained eye would think they're hideous beasts but once you've owned them and seen how long they take to grow - once they're a few years old that is - then you can appreciate the time and care it's taken to get them this big, and just wow at their ginormity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Also it's one thing to see them in a still photo but quite another thing to see them in real life, snuffling around in the substrate, picking things up and putting them down, changing colour and stance, looking out of the tank at you and saying, "where's my dinner?" (That's what they're always saying.) I'd like to hear one of those really big ones clicking as it eats its dinner. Mine are loud enough and they're only little. A big one like that would sound like someone knocking on the door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Speaking of noise coming from the tank.. clicking etc.. We have Peru Black Cats and it sounds like a ship leaving port, the noise they make... they honk... and it sounds like a very deep boat horn noise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Speaking of noise coming from the tank.. clicking etc.. We have Peru Black Cats and it sounds like a ship leaving port, the noise they make... they honk... and it sounds like a very deep boat horn noise... :lol: :lol: Oh my goodness! Do your visitors ever get scared they're going to be run down by a freighter? :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 My biggest ones (around 15cm) make some pretty loud clicking noises! Afrikan whats a 'peru black cat'?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 :lol: When we first got them it was funny, we started hearing this odd noise.. and one night hubby got out of bed walking up and down the hallway wondering where this strange sound was coming from, like a faint fog horn/ship horn noise..... took a wee while before we clicked... :lol: Will put some pics up of them in catfish section... they are a true catfish, bit shovel mouth with side whisker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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