WHATS THE BIG DEAL ? LOACH

[eman b115]

Ok, just wonderig . LOaches are Great. but ive been reading some of the threads and it seems like people get addicted to clown loaches? WHy is that ? somethign special about them that im missing? Dont get me wrong i love fish and i like clowns but i just dont fully understand about the whole addiction about Clown loaches. ( im thinking of getting some just by looking at the pics )

what's the deal these guys are cool.... I have 4 6.5-7"es and I love these guys.




Loaches sleeping.....R1 has a better pic though.....SHOW HIM Joey;

these are my smaller one 4"ers although I only have the odd ball one left out of the 3

 

[marscortes]

Great pic guys ! They look so funny . lol haha some of them are FAT? how did u get them that fat? i do agree that they are nice looking fish for fresh water. Would they bother my 3 1/2 in cray fish ? or vise vera? Any stocking limitations ? thanks guys

 

[loach43]

Loaches RULE!
Thank you....good night

 

[JD_MAN]

DON'T BUY LOACHES, MORE FOR ME! LOL

That's what I am thinking, too. It's already hard enough to find clown loaches around here.

 

[JD_MAN]

Great pic guys ! They look so funny . lol haha some of them are FAT? how did u get them that fat? i do agree that they are nice looking fish for fresh water. Would they bother my 3 1/2 in cray fish ? or vise vera? Any stocking limitations ? thanks guys

I would be scared that the cray fish might get a hold of the loaches when they are sleeping.

 

[big E]

Loaches just look cool, they have good colors,nice stripes,funny schooling and sleeping behavior and can grow into good monster sizes. You have to also remember MFK's influence on fishy trends(datnoids,pbass,bichirs,loaches), was it just me or were clown loaches like the official MFK fish of OCtober 2006? This would be appropriate considering they are Halloween colored!

 

[loach43]

Loaches are also desirable as community fish and usually won't rip your other fish apart.
Certain botias are an exception.

 

[equidae9854]

you dont see large clown loaches a lot. they grow extremely slow.

glad to hear that, cuz mine haven't grown a noticeable amount in ages!! They're about 2-3" right now and i've got 8 of them in a 120gal... anyway i can speed up the growing process?

 

[ewurm]

Great pic guys ! They look so funny . lol haha some of them are FAT? how did u get them that fat? i do agree that they are nice looking fish for fresh water. Would they bother my 3 1/2 in cray fish ? or vise vera? Any stocking limitations ? thanks guys

My cray killed some very small ones while they were sleeping, but leaves most of them alone.

 

[marscortes]

8 inch gar. it wouldnt be a great idea if i put 2-3 inch loaches in with spotter gar would it ? arent they quick enough? What if i put some hiding spaces? like pcv pipes? or am i risking gar food ?