Giant Clown loaches. [Archive] - MonsterFishKeepers.com

ckk125

02-21-2009, 2:30 AM

11 inches is the largest, smallest, 9 inches :naughty:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/P2210011.jpg
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famous323

02-21-2009, 2:31 AM

break out the tape measure:D

nigaharu

02-21-2009, 2:33 AM

WOW! that's some healthy looking grandpa's and grandma's. How long did you have them!:WHOA:

ckk125

02-21-2009, 2:40 AM

break out the tape measure:D

Did that while transfering from the 4 feet to 5 feet tank, head to tail 11 inches...would be ridiculous to do that again as it is very stressful for the loach

WOW! that's some healthy looking grandpa's and grandma's. How long did you have them!:WHOA:
Thanks! i had them for a couple of years..bought it at this size. :)

ckk125

02-21-2009, 9:06 PM

no one visits this page? i tought these guys are rare. :D

Lupin

02-21-2009, 9:09 PM

Where did you get the 11" specimens, Chen? Nice fish.:)

jmart.cooper

03-09-2009, 7:49 PM

I hate you. lol

David R

03-10-2009, 4:33 AM

That must be a pretty big tank, they don't look 9-11" to me. Maybe its just photos, I think we need pics with something to show scale.

pounder

03-10-2009, 4:35 AM

nice but it doesn't have any height.

nigaharu

03-10-2009, 4:36 AM

It's not common to get them to be 11" Put a tape measure next to them!

Bogwoodbruce

03-10-2009, 11:56 AM

Nice clowns.

Tom

03-10-2009, 12:02 PM

Is that a baby pig nosed turtle? If so MORE PIX PLZ!

le patron

03-10-2009, 12:02 PM

thats pretty sick

FunWow!

03-11-2009, 8:21 AM

Monsters

ewurm

03-11-2009, 11:54 PM

Quite Monsterous. You have had these for awhile, or are they new?

Ullopincrate

03-12-2009, 12:01 AM

I haven't had clown loaches in 10 years. I need to get some of these.

ewurm

03-12-2009, 12:14 AM

I haven't had clown loaches in 10 years. I need to get some of these.

It's fun to grow your own, even better to find some big ones cheap!

Ullopincrate

03-12-2009, 12:15 AM

I'd like to get 4-6 as little guys. I really enjoy watching them grow. It's just been forever since I've had them. I don't know why. But I see these and I want, I want lol.

ckk125

03-12-2009, 9:40 PM

That must be a pretty big tank, they don't look 9-11" to me. Maybe its just photos, I think we need pics with something to show scale.
I will show the photo once i can(nose to tail). the tank is 5x2x2.
nice but it doesn't have any height.
For your info, wild clowns dont have any height as they are not as well fed in the wild.
It's not common to get them to be 11" Put a tape measure next to them!

I will, but it wont be anytime soon.

Photos of the past for people who cant believe it.:popcorn:.many of them had died, due to moving tanks, that is why im so reluctant to measure them out of water.:screwy:

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/DSC01652.jpg
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ckk125

03-12-2009, 10:02 PM

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/DSC02242.jpg

ckk125

03-12-2009, 10:05 PM

Compare. this clown died..and it is the same size with the clown in the photo(refer photo above). If this cant prove that it is real, then just too bad.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/DSCF4634.jpg

Zeppelin3k

03-12-2009, 10:06 PM

those are absolute beasts no other way to say it bro! very nice

juice604

03-12-2009, 10:14 PM

whats with all the feeders ? do the loaches eat them ??

reverse

03-12-2009, 10:42 PM

usually at the longer sizes they are chunkier

ckk125

03-13-2009, 12:41 AM

usually at the longer sizes they are chunkier
usually wild caught are long, not much girth.

ewurm

04-12-2009, 1:18 AM

usually at the longer sizes they are chunkier

usually wild caught are long, not much girth.

I agree with reverse. When they get to 10", they start packing on weight. They are usually very tubby. Most of the fish that are available for purchase are wild-caught

ckk125

04-14-2009, 10:56 PM

I agree with reverse. When they get to 10", they start packing on weight. They are usually very tubby. Most of the fish that are available for purchase are wild-caught

No. LARGE wild caught loaches are all like that.

You got it wrong as the large clowns you guys get are mostly raised from small and hence the better food and less competition as compared in the wild. Perhaps you forgotten that the in the wild, these clowns dont get as much food as they would have gotten in the aquarium.

i have a 6 inch clown which grown up to 8+ and he is super fat.

uncwnells

04-15-2009, 12:06 AM

ckk125

04-15-2009, 5:23 AM

im not calling you a liar, but I am going to say that if that fish is 11" then that is the biggest powerhead I have ever seen. If you could drop a ruler in the tank or something it would be very helpful to confirm how big this guy really is. Again, I am not calling you a liar I just would love to be able to say I have seen it with a measurement.

Again, please refer the latest photo as comparison. the small loaches are at 1-2 inches long. And also, the wavemaker is located closer to me while the loaches were at the back of the aquarium. anyway, i'll do that when i can.

It is a sad thing when i actually post it to share these rare giants just to have doubts raised over the actual size. I'll drop a ruler in there soon to prove it once and for all.

Peter McFarlane

05-24-2009, 6:36 PM

usually wild caught are long, not much girth.

Aren't like 99.9% of the CL we see wild caught?

I thought only a very very small number had ever been bred in tanks and even then by artificial insemination.

This would give us little in the way of comparison for WC and tank bred?

little guppy

06-03-2009, 10:17 AM

Those loaches are big.

little guppy

06-03-2009, 10:18 AM

And soo cute too.

reverse

06-03-2009, 2:43 PM

Again, please refer the latest photo as comparison. the small loaches are at 1-2 inches long. And also, the wavemaker is located closer to me while the loaches were at the back of the aquarium. anyway, i'll do that when i can.

It is a sad thing when i actually post it to share these rare giants just to have doubts raised over the actual size. I'll drop a ruler in there soon to prove it once and for all.

They must be still growing.............no new pictures with the ruler?

tunblue

06-03-2009, 3:03 PM

i like the part that even at this stage, their colours are still bright n beautiful...
nice...

Mr Pleco

06-03-2009, 3:06 PM

mamapuff

06-03-2009, 3:20 PM

I totally believe you!! I have a monster power head that takes two hands for me to get it hooked on, and is bigger than one of my hands. It makes my BPs look tiny next to it lol. I can't wait till my clan of 10 get bigger. I got them at an inche. and most are about 2 1/2 now.

JakeH

06-03-2009, 4:50 PM

I think what he's saying is that all of our wild-caught loaches are caught as 1 or 2 inch babies & grow up fat in aquariums. He lives in Asia, so presumably these could have been wild caught at 6 or 8 inches. That would definitely account for the wild vs captive girth issue...
I agree with ckk about sharing his giants & getting blasted for it, too. He's not trying to sell them to us, so who cares if they are as big as he claims? Forced perspective in photos can play serious tricks on the eye. Im not going to Malaysia to measure them...

ROCK ON BRO. NICE GIANTS! Do they eat the feeders? If not, what do you feed them?

06-03-2009, 5:47 PM

hmm.. they look huge to me.. i dunno either way how much inches doesnt matter. there still HUGE!

JakeH

06-03-2009, 6:42 PM

Right? Those things are friggin MONSTA!

xxblwn408

06-03-2009, 6:59 PM

Funny how most of you are being a hater. Do any of you doubting the size own or even seen a loach this size? :ROFL:

Don't sweat the haters bro! They look to be the monster size you are saying.:headbang2

JakeH

06-10-2009, 5:28 PM

I was hoping ewurm or Lupin would give this another look. Guys, could these have been caught in the wild at 6 or 8 inches & not be as fat as your tank-raised big boyz?

ckk125

06-23-2009, 1:24 AM

for doubters.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/P6230128.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/P6230127.jpg

Dakkon

06-23-2009, 2:02 AM

clown loaches are documented as achieving up to 14 inches. but extremly rare. And a lifespan of 50 years, and they show growth for along time. Theres a public zoo and aquarium that has a shoal of clown loaches 44 years old, and they are 10-13.5 inches. Its nice to see someone get up around those numbers. i hope to soon have a group of clown loaches myself.

pic is of a fat random CL. lol

HarlanAshmore

07-13-2009, 4:33 AM

WOW thats awesome

SteveR

11-14-2009, 8:11 PM

for doubters.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/P6230128.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s238/ckk125/P6230127.jpg

Would have been MUCH more useful to just stick a useful up there whilst he was sitting there rather than your finger. (we don't know if you have large or small hands). Nice to see and I know your frustrated at people doubting, but the fact is you keep avoiding just putting a ruler there and dismissing the myths instantly that's annoying is all.:chillpill:

888fish

11-14-2009, 10:15 PM

I have a 9" clown loach, recently gotten him fat eating massivore. That does look approx 2" larger than mine. They look different at that size, you can tell. Fatten that baby up!!!!

SteveR

11-15-2009, 11:06 AM

Would have been MUCH more useful to just stick a useful up there whilst he was sitting there rather than your finger. (we don't know if you have large or small hands). Nice to see and I know your frustrated at people doubting, but the fact is you keep avoiding just putting a ruler there and dismissing the myths instantly that's annoying is all.:chillpill:

Haha that should say stick a ruler up there. Well it was very late in the am over here...