Wot Are They Doing?

[roz568]

hi last week i brought myself a clown loach(about 2 inches long)and liked it so much i got another this weekend and this one is same size,anyhow yesterday i caught them sort of kissing eachother all over their bodies.one was doing it then the other done the same thing,is this sum mating thing or not.ive never had clown loaches b4,plz help if u can thanks

 

[england]

No,clown loaches are near on impossible to breed in home aqauriums,as to date there may have been one or two cases,all are either wild caught or bred on fish farms in tropical countrys..there milt has to be farmed first them artificually injected..and they usually are not sexually matured until 8+inches,from what ive read..probally just getting to know each other and playing around like they usually do