Clown loach prices

[TankBuster]

Is it just me or is $8.99 seem wat too much for a fish that demands to be in large schools?
These lfs's and pet stores know they need to be in groups and the price doesnt reflect that. A good group foir loaches is about 10, now add that up and you have spent a fortune.:swear: :swear:

[Micky_Fahaka]

At my lfs I pay about £3.80 which I suppose is about 6 Dollars....im not sure what other people in the UK pay?!?!

[Bigg081]

Is it just me or is $8.99 seem wat too much for a fish that demands to be in large schools?
These lfs's and pet stores know they need to be in groups and the price doesnt reflect that. A good group foir loaches is about 10, now add that up and you have spent a fortune.:swear: :swear:

its the LFS conspiracy! JERKS:swear:

[is300zx]

I get 3 for $10 at my LFS :D

[koliveira]

5.99 or three for15.99 at the lfs

[Vapor]

Any fish that is popular and in demand will be expensive. Especially if people are unable to breed them. They have you by the ba...

[mudskipper]

tfd has 2" ones for $2.00

[mudskipper]

I prefere yo-yos, dojos, and horsehead loach. yoyos are a cheap, better looking botia, dojos: cheap, active, can live in almost any fw tank(water wise), can live quite a while after it jumps out of tanks (unless you have cats), and I had a 5" horsehead loach that took small gravel into its mouth, tumbled it, and cleaned it thouroghly, then deposited it out its gills. never liked the look or price of clowns (and khulis). I understand clowns can get well over a foot wich caches my interest, and they are intelligent. i'll give em a shot

[born2lovefish]

I think I paid like 7 bucks for mine on sale. I have 5 and wish I would have bought like at least 7 more. I love them.

[JD_MAN]

tfd has 2" ones for $2.00

I got mine from TFD on sale for 99 cents/per. Made it pretty easy to order 30.

[fishnutham]

$7.99 CDN for the smallest ones $10.00 for the 3" ones here..

[Honda12]

Clown loachs are kind of a seasonal fish. Sometimes you can get them cheap and some times you have to pay a lot. My LFS can have them from $2 to $14 depending on the time of year, but ussually I can get 5 for $20.

[davo]

I prefere yo-yos, dojos, and horsehead loach. yoyos are a cheap, better looking botia, dojos: cheap, active, can live in almost any fw tank(water wise), can live quite a while after it jumps out of tanks (unless you have cats), and I had a 5" horsehead loach that took small gravel into its mouth, tumbled it, and cleaned it thouroghly, then deposited it out its gills. never liked the look or price of clowns (and khulis). I understand clowns can get well over a foot wich caches my interest, and they are intelligent. i'll give em a shot
i completely agree, yoyos are far better fish, but then dont grow to your monster size. there good at gettin rid of snails too. anway, bout 3 quid around here

[Steve_89]

$7 AUS here.

[born2lovefish]

I got mine from TFD on sale for 99 cents/per. Made it pretty easy to order 30.

Dang that rocks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TankBuster]

What is TFD?

[Honda12]

Tropical fish distributors. They are a community seller.

[Pacu Lady]

We just bought five medium sized ones from our favorite lfs for $7.99 each...and they're bigger than the large ones at other stores...

[FranchizBoy16]

I must have the most expensive lfs here in Jackson...Lol
My :swear: stupid overpriced lfs...Sells 2inch clown loaches for 12.99$:swear:
What a :swear: rip off... So I just got to pet supplies plus and get em for 5.99 eavh...
But I tell them, there only 2.99$ and they believe me..Lol

[BICHIR MAD]

here in the uk for 6-7ins will set u back £12.50 as thats what i paid

[gomezladdams]

They dont breed in captivity get a foot long and live 50years sounds pretty cheap all things considered

[Micky_Fahaka]

here in the uk for 6-7ins will set u back £12.50 as thats what i paid

Are they the XL Loaches?

[JuanTamad]

Don't need a really big group. Two will do just fine in a community tank.
I bought two that were about 1.5 inch a couple of years ago. They are now about 6 inch in a tank with wild Discus and wild Angels and wild cardinals.

[BICHIR MAD]

mickey there the biggest c.loaches ive ever seen at LFS

[FishHeadSoup]

I got mine from TFD on sale for 99 cents/per. Made it pretty easy to order 30.

sweet deal!:grinyes:

[dizlal]

£7.50 for 2, that's even at Petsmart.

[walls]

Ha my LFS has 3-4"ers for $24.99!!:eek: :eek: :eek:



Im almost tempted to see what they will give me for my 6-7"ers.

[turtall]

Clowns can live a long time. One record claims 40 years. Anyway you can start with 3 fish, add a couple more later on and so on. When you have something like this it will be worth it! (not mine... maybe someday... picture from loachesonline).

[guppy]

Don't need a really big group. Two will do just fine in a community tank.
I bought two that were about 1.5 inch a couple of years ago. They are now about 6 inch in a tank with wild Discus and wild Angels and wild cardinals.
They are much more active in groups, I like a minimum of 5

[TOM A.]

Man TURTALL, those are big enough to eat.

[snshn56]

I think I must live in the most expensive state in the world to buy clown loaches. My local fish store has a price tag of $20.00 each or 2 for $35.00. :swear:

[JuanTamad]

They are much more active in groups, I like a minimum of 5



If they get any more active than the two I have, the water at the top will be boiling:D

[M|L]

you think that's expensive?

I pay $20 a piece for 2" clown loaches here.

and I did. :eek:

I have a school of about 12 now.

[cyang]

I remember back in the 90's when clown loaches were like $3 for a 1-2" specimen. Now they're around $8. It's definitely not inflation, not all of it at least. Maybe it's due to the wild population being overfished? What do you guys think? Years from now, CL's will be listed as endangered, so no matter how expensive they are right now, I'm going to stock up. My dad and I regularly clean out petsmart and LFS of their clown loaches!

EDIT: I should probably try TFD shouldn't I? What's the survival rate of the fish you guys order? I'm thinking about getting a huge order of 2-3" clown loaches next time they are on special.

[rasdbo]

picked two up today for $5 each at about 2-4" from my lfs for wifey tank !:woot: :thumbsup:

[Tyler]

i paid $8 for my two