clown loach behavior
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Here's a full thread on posting pics on the forums.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8401
What you are probably looking for though in that thread was posted by guppy.
Give that a shot, and see if it works. Good luck
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8401
What you are probably looking for though in that thread was posted by guppy.
Give that a shot, and see if it works. Good luck
Breeding has been done in aquariums but rarely. I doubt you have a breeding pair. Here is why.
Clown loaches mature slowly and can live as long as 50 years, those that have bred were kept in groups in large tanks. Temp in the low 80s, ph 6.5. They were all sexually mature and that means several years old and not less than 7"-8" long.
It is not easy to sex them unless they are adults and side by side, the male's tail tips curve inwards slightly at the ends while the females do not.
If I remember right you said in another thread that yours are only a couple inches long, much to young to mate but when they do they are noisy about it. They mate at night and make rapid clicking noises as they chase each other around the tank splashing and scattering eggs that sink to the bottom. They lay 400-500 eggs. They need to be seperated from the eggs as they eat them.
What is going on with yours is that unless you have several they tend to hide.
Clown loaches mature slowly and can live as long as 50 years, those that have bred were kept in groups in large tanks. Temp in the low 80s, ph 6.5. They were all sexually mature and that means several years old and not less than 7"-8" long.
It is not easy to sex them unless they are adults and side by side, the male's tail tips curve inwards slightly at the ends while the females do not.
If I remember right you said in another thread that yours are only a couple inches long, much to young to mate but when they do they are noisy about it. They mate at night and make rapid clicking noises as they chase each other around the tank splashing and scattering eggs that sink to the bottom. They lay 400-500 eggs. They need to be seperated from the eggs as they eat them.
What is going on with yours is that unless you have several they tend to hide.
Nice red tail (botia modesta). They come in two fin colors, the red and yellow. I have seen the red fin but have not seen any of the yellow fin for about 2 years. Has anybody seen any of the yellow fin lately ?
Clown loaches take a while to become comfortable with thier surrondings, once comfortable you can expect to see them out and about more. As said above the larger the group the better.
Clown loaches take a while to become comfortable with thier surrondings, once comfortable you can expect to see them out and about more. As said above the larger the group the better.
Plus clowns are mostly nocturnal in the wild I believe. They sleep in bamboo reeds (tight small spaces) to stay safe the majority of the time. I have found if the they have a nice safe spot to sleep they grow faster from sleeping more etc. I built a pyramid out of cut, siliconed together plastic two inch pipes cut to a foot long each. The clowns love their clown hotel and if you face it outwards you can see who is in there whenever you want. I currently have about sixty of the little puppies Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.