How fast Clown Loaches grow?

ckk125 said:
That article is written by the loaches online team...and none of them have loaches that even reached 10 inches before 10 years..
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I have been in this hobby for a long time, 8 years of which I worked at a huge LFS in the toronto area, and in all that time we never had a single clown come back outgrown and too huge.

I have seen a few big loaches of course, but never had someone come back and say this clown outgrew my tank.

not saying it can't or doesn't happen, but it is rare.

we had daily occurences of oscars, plecos, barbs and all the other baby big fish come back, but not a single clown.

we always advised customers that they can get big, but that it is not easy to get them that big.

we never had a problem.

if it were easy to get clowns that big all the time, stores would be flooded with huge clowns daily, as they are one of the most common fish in our hobby.

but they aren't.

thats just the way it is.

clowns are hard to grow in captivity to huge sizes, even though they certainly can get that big.

oscars, sharks, barbs and plecos etc, by contrast are very easy to grow, and give people problems.


I just happen to think that clowns are not a problem to keep for most people provided they have at least a 55 or so gallon tank for a school of 4.

the loaches will still live very long and healthy lives.

But I think H3D deserves to be commended for growing up some really nice (and larger than the average!) loaches.

they appear to be on their way to getting really big.

good stuff! I would love to seem some pics of your loaches.

I have some shots of mine, but they suck because they are always on the move, and my shots are blurry. :(
 
12 Volt Man said:
But I think H3D deserves to be commended for growing up some really nice (and larger than the average!) loaches.

they appear to be on their way to getting really big.

good stuff! I would love to seem some pics of your loaches.

I have some shots of mine, but they suck because they are always on the move, and my shots are blurry. :(
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Thanks 12 Volt Man! I have made every effort to get them huge. I would love to take some photo and share them with everyone, but my clowns will not cooperate. They never come out during the day. :( I am now considering trying to make a night video, such as the ones in the link, to share with everyone.
 
H3D said:
That does not mean that it does not happen. ;)
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the problem is, no one has done it.i raised my 2 inch clown to 6 inches within 1 year and a half and stopped there..(growth spurt to be alpha clown)

Not saying that it is impossible unless there is a freak clown loach.
 
H3D said:
Thanks 12 Volt Man! I have made every effort to get them huge. I would love to take some photo and share them with everyone, but my clowns will not cooperate. They never come out during the day. :( I am now considering trying to make a night video, such as the ones in the link, to share with everyone.
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Not even a single pic?

How big are they?:)
 
When I started with my tank I did some heavy thinking which community to choose. I wanted big fish. I started to like clown loaches wery much and I decided that they would be my "big fish". And then I chose tiger barbs to cheer them up.
But now it seems that I don't have any big fish :(
Considering my tank size, filtration, number of fish etc maybe I can add one or two big ones? But which ones?
 
My experience..........

I have a 125g planted loach tank. I have 6 clowns, 8 yrs old 4-6 inches. 2 are much bigger than the rest and are very fat. 4 of mine were housed in a 55g hex tank for about 7 years before I adopted them from a family member. They have been kept in great conditions with a varried diet (always including some frozen or live foods). Currently I perform 40 gallon w/c every 4 days. Mine have grown very slowly in length, but all have grown thicker. They are my main residents. I have nerver been a heavy feeder because I think the high protein in fish foods is one of the biggest factors in nitrate and phosphate production. I actually fast my fish on Wednesdays. If you power feed they WILL grow faster. Just keep up with your w/c's........

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PH

Thanks! My Ph is 7.4, however I have never measured my gh. With a large tank and lots of water changes it would be difficult fo me to use anything other than treated tap water. I live in northern Virginia close to the Blue Ridge Mountians, so my water is medium hard.
 
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