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Clown Loach

Clown Loach

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The Clown Loach is a must-have fish for many freshwater enthusiasts. It is peaceful and gets along well with almost any tankmate. The Clown Loach is also entertaining to watch and feed. Unlike true nocturnal loaches, the Clown Loach is active during the day but will shy from bright light and hide amongst plant stocks or in rockwork. Best of all, however, Chromobotia macracantha is a voracious eater of nuisance snails that sneak into your aquarium on live plants.

Native to the waters of Indonesia, this member of the Cobitidae family appreciates caves, holes, and other hiding places amongst heavy aquarium plantings, especially when it sleeps. Because the Clown Loach is native to fast moving streams, it prefers good water movement and currents in the aquarium. Since the Clown Loach can grow to an impressive size of nearly 1 foot in length, it should be housed in larger freshwater systems.

Interestingly, the Clown Loach is sometimes referred to as a scaleless fish. But it does, in fact, have small scales embedded in its skin. For best care, feed the Clown Loach small meals several times throughout the day. Younger Clown Loaches will eat most prepared foods while older ones may be more finicky. Prepared foods such as vegetable flakes or tablets along with meaty supplements such as live, frozen, or freeze-dried worms will provide this species with the proper nutrition.

Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Semi-aggressive
Color Form: Black, Orange, Red, Tan
Diet: Omnivore
Water Conditions: 72-86° F, KH 8-12, pH 6.0-7.5
Max. Size: 1'
Family: Cobitidae
Minimum Tank Size: 100 gallons
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Mike Stout
This is a picture of the red heads

See my main review under the Clown loaches., but babies are huge! For babies 😍 I just wanted you all to see them!

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Mike Stout
Now I need a bigger tank!

Wow, has 5B impressed an old fish farmer and Pet shop owner who decided later in life to share the hobby with 11 grand kids. First of all communication and questions answered impeccable as my whole customer service experience has been. Now Let's talk about the fish! The main reason I contacted 5B was there appeared to be fairly priced for the sizes offered and i want a heard
6 Geophagus Red Heads as I knew they were slow growing I was going small and growing them out in a 55. When they arrived they were all about 3" already colored beautiful. Way bigger than I expected. Probably saved me a year of growth time for a great price. Only problem is now I need a much bigger tank soon! That is a great problem to have. We talked about some more bottom feeders and got some great clown and kuhli loaches and a few Corys. When my order showed there was even the cutest little rubber lip pleco including that we had spoke of but didn't order. They told me it was a thank you gift! I will be looking forward to my next order for my bigger 150/180gal. Tank soon. Don't hesitate to order from this growing business. I know I won't. They're great, Mike in Ohio