11 minus 1 = Cannibalism

[Oddball]

Two things, I agree, I hate losing fish.
and, wow, this is pretty cool!
those subocular spines are pretty fearsome looking!
(10 years of clown loach keeping and I have never seen them raised, except in a picture, so that's why I think this is cool)

they do eat fish flesh as they get older, I read an article about breeding them somewhere (loaches.com) I think it was, fish flesh was part of the diet mentioned.

 

[boldtogether]

My clowns range is size from about 8-9" down to 2". This skeleton was a 2-2.5" and I am just amazed how clean the skeleton is picked!! I don't think about these fish as carnivorous but I did always know they were.

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[piranhaman00]

I was unaware these guys even had such a barb! So cool


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[boldtogether]

I know these CL have escaped the maw of the 12" koi I have in there once or twice....that fish eats fish too!! It must be the spines that keep other fish away!!


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[CaptainBirdsEye]

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Yeah!

Thats better than the pic I've seen! Aaaaand you gave me two! Cheers!
(even if/when I net mine they don't do this?)
I have honestly never seen mine do it, but, I'm off now to poke them with a stick. . . .

 

[xraycer]

Stop pi$$ing off the poor creatures already.....or else you may end up like that skeleton lol

 

[CaptainBirdsEye]

 

[boldtogether]

Stop pi$$ing off the poor creatures already.....or else you may end up like that skeleton lol

AAAHAHAHAHH!!!!

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