Clowns

[Bud_Man_Jr]

Has anybody actually had success with breeding them before? I was just bored thinking it would be neat.

 

[Knowdafish]

Clown Knife or Clown Loach?

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

or salt clown fish. Alot of people breed the clown fish. Ever since the nemo movie.

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

loach

 

[aglarond]

I've looked into this in the past. The main thing that stopped me is that they have to get huge before they will breed, or so they say.

Here's the controversial article that started it all: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=556

Google brings up a lot more.

 

[mahemaheman85]

clown loaches have never "naturally" bred in captivity (naturally meaning without hormones)

 

[Lupin]

clown loaches have never "naturally" bred in captivity (naturally meaning without hormones)

Half right. Colin Dunlop of Scotland almost accomplished it if he hadn't remove the eggs earlier. His pH was 3-4 which is very acidic already but that is typical in their native habitat which led his clowns to spawn even without hormones.