The old age clownloach

[Frommel]

I am wondering how old can cl get? i Have a couple that's nine years old. How much older can they get?

 

[Oddball]

They reach sexual maturity after nine or ten years of age. Clown loaches may live for up to 50 years (as cited by public aquariums).

 

[Weylin]

Wow..9 years.. Those guys must be huge... Any pics ?

 

[JD_MAN]

Like Oddball said around 50 years. I would like to see some pics of this bad boy.

 

[aquatic_wonders]

Yeah any picture of your 9yr old CL???

 

[ewurm]

I'll make some popcorn while we wait.

 

[Frommel]

50 years! Never imagined that.

I can't get you a picture. Don't have a camera. And they are not that big. Only the male is 5 inch and female 6 inch. They spend most of their life in a 50 gallon and since i live on myself i moved them in a 150 gallon.

 

[Mystix212]

50G is probably why they havent grown much. When I last went up north to Hervey Bay, I visited a LFS in which the owner had a 43 year old clown in a private show tank.

 

[Lupin]

When I last went up north to Hervey Bay, I visited a LFS in which the owner had a 43 year old clown in a private show tank.

How big is this?

 

[ewurm]

50 years! Never imagined that.

I can't get you a picture. Don't have a camera. And they are not that big. Only the male is 5 inch and female 6 inch. They spend most of their life in a 50 gallon and since i live on myself i moved them in a 150 gallon.

I have loaches pushing 4" after a year and a half. Try some bulking foods, and they'll definitely fair better in the 150.