My LFS has a couple giant clown loaches about 5" They want $60 for each. I was about to get one but wanted to find more info on them. I tried google but nothing much pop up. How do they do with bigger fish like emperor ciclid, GT, Manganeuse?
Info on giant clown loach needed
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Giant would just be their term for the sizing; clown loaches get up to a foot long. In no way is a 5" clown loach a giant, its a medium sized clowny at best.
what's the different between giant CL and the smaller ones you see typically go for $4-5 a piece. Do they eventually grown into a giant? or are they completely different type of loach?
For $7 you can get ones about 2.5" - 3" around here. If you put them in a good size tank with lots of water movement and feed them a good varied diet with lots of protein twice a day they'll be 4.5 to 5" in no time, and you'll have 5 of them for the price of 1. I have a 10 gallon that once had what I called a snail infestation, which I now call my feeder-snail farm. 
I've seen 5-6 inch CLs go for close to 60, but I would rather get em young and grow them out.
the problem is they take a year, or two to get to that size so the larger they are, the older, thus more expensive.
i wouldn't keep less than 5 though
and they get over 8 inches
the problem is they take a year, or two to get to that size so the larger they are, the older, thus more expensive.
i wouldn't keep less than 5 though
and they get over 8 inches
I have a 6in cl. He is a loner. And two smaller ones. They were 15 bucks for 2to3 in. I need a few more