Never Eggs Or Fry

[ShinySideUp]

I have kept fish for years. They have been long-lived, well-fed, with excellent water quality and huge amounts of room to swim with hiding places for the timid and floating plants for them as require it.
 
But never, never, have I had any species lay eggs or had live births (this is unlikely though as most of my fish are egg-layers).
 
Now I have always had Clown Loaches too and I'm thinking there is a subtle (or not) connection here.
 
In short, is there any chance of getting eggs from any species if there are Clown Loaches present in the tank?

 

[Flash_Fire]

LIkely they are getting eaten if they are laid at all. By any fish really, not just the loaches.

 

[Flash_Fire]

I've read some fish will only breed under certain perameters too. I'm no expert on this though.

 

[nic1]

Hi!

What fish do you have? My corys lay eggs all the time and they are always eaten by the other fish, but I always see evidence that there was eggs there. I.e bits of eggs or egg outlines.
If you have fish that lay in caves etc then your loaches probably are making a meal of them
Have you ever seen your fish mate?

And as flash fire mentioned certain conditions are required for specific fish- water becoming cooler, lights dimed, more plant cover etc.
Spell check: dimmed

 

[star4]

Loaches are difficult to breed and you need the right conditions. It is extremely rare for clown loach to spawn, I was lucky enough to see mine spawn just after dawn one morning, but I sadly lost the eggs. Many species of fish do only spawn at dawn or dusk, some only spawn overnight to try and avoid preditation so on many occasions you will never have seen spawnings. Many of the tetra are egg scatterers so they just spawn wherever and tiny eggs are difficult to spot, same with the corys, these usually end up on the glass or under leaves, but they would be soon eaten by the loaches, BN and the tetra (going on the list in your sig )

 

[dopieopie]

The only fish I've ever had give birth were platies.

I have a pair of kribs, the female is very colored up, her and the male show interest in each other, spend time together in a cave quite a bit, and yet after 2 months, nothing.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

You need guppies then... could never make them stop....

 

[dopieopie]

I retract my previous statement. I came home from work today and fed my fish, I noticed the kribs only darting out of the log to grab a quick piece, so I shined a flashlight in the log and noticed eggs!

I'm not dead set on them breeding, but I think itd be kinda neat...too bad the kuhli loaches seemed to think so too...I'm pretty sure they've been snacking.

 

[ShinySideUp]

Loaches are difficult to breed and you need the right conditions. It is extremely rare for clown loach to spawn, I was lucky enough to see mine spawn just after dawn one morning, but I sadly lost the eggs. Many species of fish do only spawn at dawn or dusk, some only spawn overnight to try and avoid preditation so on many occasions you will never have seen spawnings. Many of the tetra are egg scatterers so they just spawn wherever and tiny eggs are difficult to spot, same with the corys, these usually end up on the glass or under leaves, but they would be soon eaten by the loaches, BN and the tetra (going on the list in your sig

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If I could get my Clown loaches to lay viable eggs (or any eggs) and actually get fry people would beat a path to my door. No, I'm not trying to get my Clowns to breed -- but wouldn't it be great -- I was just thinking that something else might but it's probably not to be.

 

[star4]

The black phantom tetra most likely breed unless you have all the same sex , I have seen mine spawn quite often but the eggs are so small I can never see any.
 
Breeding clown loaches would be brilliant, but breeding that "does not breed in the aquarium fish" doesnt make them any easier to sell - been there done than and still have a tank full of weather loach I bred lol

 

[Gruntle]

I'm afraid that Clown Loaches are a mystery to me. I can never see myself getting permission to run a large enough tank to do them justice. So I don't know if they'd be the ones eating your eggs/fry, or threatening your other fish into not trying to breed.