Giant Clown Loaches

[crisycrunch]

Just love these guys.  My largest is about 10 1/2 inches in length.  
 

 

[CSnyder00]

They are pretty! They are also very sensitive to water chemistry changes like German Blue Rams.

 

[westonsupermanc]

They are gorgeous and great to watch I have 3 small ones about 2 inches at the moment so colourful will be putting them into our large 480 litre tank when I get it soon

 

[crisycrunch]

They are gorgeous and great to watch I have 3 small ones about 2 inches at the moment so colourful will be putting them into our large 480 litre tank when I get it soon

 
Yeah they are so entertaining and colorful.  I knew a lady who had her clown loaches just over 25 years and then gave them away...definitely a fish that you don't get sick of lol.

 

[ShinySideUp]

Interesting patterns on two of them. I also note that they have retained their blackness, my own Clown loaches tend to get less black as they grow bigger, almost as if they were born with a certain amount of 'black' and the bigger they get the more it spreads out and becomes greyer -- although I'm quite sure that's not the case.
 
Also interesting is the  way they sift through the sand and take some back through their gills with no ill-effect, one would think there would be some abrasion of their sensitive organs if they did this too much but seemingly not.

 

[crisycrunch]

Interesting patterns on two of them. I also note that they have retained their blackness, my own Clown loaches tend to get less black as they grow bigger, almost as if they were born with a certain amount of 'black' and the bigger they get the more it spreads out and becomes greyer -- although I'm quite sure that's not the case.
 
Also interesting is the  way they sift through the sand and take some back through their gills with no ill-effect, one would think there would be some abrasion of their sensitive organs if they did this too much but seemingly not.

 
I've noticed the same with mine...I think as they get bigger the colour starts to fade.  The real large clown loaches will have the broken stripes...its like once they hit a certain size their stripes disappear or explode lol.