View Full Version : royal clown loach with pic
anyone ever here of these or has kept one? price range, size, temperment?
Leptobotia elongata
Hard to find, run $30-$40 at around 6-8", grow slow but faster than clowns, a bit lazy, ignore other royals and clowns but will eat very small fish at that size and 6" fish as a 20" adult. need good water circulation and prefer temps in mid 70s.
not as active as "regular" clowns
Crazy Taco
05-09-2007, 7:24 PM
but they look a lot cooler
gar b3ar
05-22-2007, 9:02 PM
they look way better and lazy
Fishes33
06-06-2007, 10:19 AM
they look UGLY imo :nilly:
i wonder who came up with the name royal clown loach :confused:
looks like a fat belly king.. >.>;;
Gothyc_samurai
06-07-2007, 10:39 AM
CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!! ^__________________^
dbcb314
06-11-2007, 11:10 PM
Those look ****ing awesome
Add that to the list of "cool fish I will never have"
Bogwoodbruce
06-15-2007, 5:18 PM
They looks much better than the bog standard clown loach.
bluekrissyspikes
06-24-2007, 12:26 AM
it doesn't even look like a loach at all
Oddball
06-24-2007, 12:23 PM
I kept a couple about 20 years ago. I'd have them again if I could find them. They ignored tankmates but, fed on rosy reds. Also ate earthworms, blood/blackworms, pellets, wafers, etc. Not as active as regular clowns but, not fearful of being out in the open, either. Kept them in a 78F tank until having to give them up to transfer back to sea duty.
TCZeli
07-16-2007, 3:40 PM
not fimilar with these guys at all. Are they even teh same species as regular clown loaches? They look nothing alike, and with a name like ROYAL clown loach you would assume they would be more money then regular C-loaches, but i have never seen a 6 inch clown loach for anythin near 40 bucks.
Bsixxx
07-16-2007, 3:44 PM
ugliest damn thing Ive ever seen
but still pretty cool
:D
not fimilar with these guys at all. Are they even teh same species as regular clown loaches?
There are far more loaches than most people think.;) That was indeed a Leptobotia elongata or in a common name being called 'Royal Clown Loach'. Far different from the Botiine genus, of course.
Check this link for information available.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/leptobotia-elongata
To me, it's still cool no matter how they look.:D