henward Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Ok my next mission is to severely grow and enlarge my clown loaches. I currently feed it sinking hikari gold. Occasional tetra bits and they pick on beef heart ball i drop in. moving them to a tank wtih less competition so they can focus on eating!! the group will be a 20 to 22... lost count or never really counted. anyways... i am thinking of feeding NLS THERA+A. small enough to get in one bite, and even for smaller fish, they can suck it up too. suggestiosn on which NLS to feed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Speak to Ronnie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I have seen one or two large clowns, a friend of mine in Wainuiomata had a huge one at about 300mm long. I guess it takes space and time like everything else. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 i have about 7 around 250mm to 300mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 yeah, in my school, i have a range of sizes. from 5cms to 20ish scms. i guess wanting to beef all of them up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Jeez make up your mind henward, next you'll be wanting to sell all your dels to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 fraser, i feel highly attached to those dels! yeah, recently i have had experimentation on the mind. discus, but not really my main thing. but its ok, i gave them a go, i like them but not my thing! arowanas is where its at. also clown loaches, theres something about them schooling that i love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 suggestiosn on which NLS to feed? I just bought the NLS Thera +A Regular formula (1mm) it has a picture of a clown loach on it! (and another picture of Dory from Finding Nemo!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Mine get nutrafin bottom feeder tabs 4 times a week and have certainly got full rounded bellies and seem to grow reasonably fast, they go crazy over them, they run the smaller loaches over trying to get at them, broken in half for the smaller ones but whole for the big ones, not a bad price either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I'd love to see some pics of these 30cm clowns with something to show scale. I hate to be a sceptic but every time I've heard someone talk about clowns that size they're usually over-estimating by a good 2". Henward I think the best thing you can do for them is feed them a variety of food [as well as give them space and clean water, which you're already doing]. NLS, shrimp/beefheart, other pellets, even a bit of green stuff. If you're on a mission you might as well go buy another 10-20 small ones and sell them off when they get a bit bigger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 consdiering a few smaller ones to grow too i am gonan recycle my discus beef mix for the clowns! they lvoe it! tried it now, they go nuts for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Yeah they would, I'll have to get the recipe off you. Don't worry too much about competition, I've found its usually my clowns out-competing other fish for food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 david, can grab a roll or half a roll off me to try. i burnt out my food processor trying to up the mix haha 1kg to 1.2 kg. and it burnto ut. i think a total of 1kg total mix is a good amount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39056&hilit=sweety big one really old though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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