wht's your secret to getting your loach to 12in.

[justin guest]

High temp, high oxygen and lots of mussel meat in the diet
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[Loubard]

Mussel? Where do you base that on?

 

[HPIZZLE]

Mussel? Where do you base that on?

clown loaches seem to really like mussels.
dont know why, btu theyre like crackheads for it.

 

[fins]

some guy claims he knows of a guy ...who has a 15" loach thats 80 years old

 

[HPIZZLE]

some guy claims he knows of a guy ...who has a 15" loach thats 80 years old

is it that one royal in with the chili red arow?

 

[Lupin]

some guy claims he knows of a guy ...who has a 15" loach thats 80 years old

80 years, my foot. That guy can only claim anything. Pics?

is it that one royal in with the chili red arow?

The trade for Leptobotia elongata is almost non-existent. I don't believe anyone still has those loaches. Leptobotia pellegrini though are another story but these ones don't reach sizes beyond 8-10 inches.

 

[Lupin]

Mussel? Where do you base that on?

clown loaches seem to really like mussels.
dont know why, btu theyre like crackheads for it.

A lot of loaches especially those in botia genus relish invertebrates a lot.

 

[Loubard]

clown loaches seem to really like mussels.
dont know why, btu theyre like crackheads for it.

So? Mine go crazy over pellets, but it doesn't make it a recipe for "fast" growth...

 

[justin guest]

Mussel? Where do you base that on?

That my loaches grow very fast . No seriously, loaches love molluscs (snails) and mussels seem a good substitute. My loaches average about 1.5 to 3 inches per year up to about 5 inches then 1 to 1.5 inches per year above 5 inches in length. I believe that mussels put the loaches into more of a feeding frenzy than other foods hence the growth rates.
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[justin guest]

So? Mine go crazy over pellets, but it doesn't make it a recipe for "fast" growth...

Which protein content do the pellets have?