I handled a 20" clown loach once in 1974 in Santa Monica Ca called "The Aquarium" I worked here it came from a wholesaler called Aquatic Gardens in san Fernando valley if I remember the location right, in a 60-gallon glass aquarium( i mention this because it was not distorted by Plexi ) again in the '90s in Culver City I saw 16" and 20" again in Apex aquarium. In this store, it was common to see larger fish for sale than in any other tropical fish business. they closed in 2020/21.

@highbrass7563

Жыл бұрын

Woow

Hes a great looking fish. Lovely to see a big group too. I have seen two 10 inch ones before.....only once and could not believe my eyes but as you say that must take a very long time. They are a great, fun fish to keep.

Awesome !

Beautiful

Awesome clown, I love it! Definitely top 5 all time!

Just got my first Clowns and geed at your vids of these guys. New to the hobby thanks for your tips

Absolutely gorgeous fish I'm tempted to get a few clowns

Absolute unit!!

Awesome

Clown loaches are such incredible fish

That’s a belter mick 👌👌👌

Wow man that is huge

Well Mick just to say I'm 69 I had four 9inch clowns and four Oscars 10and half inches also pair 7inch firemouths 40yrs ago fab fish they lv earth worms squid prawns you got some nice fish there mate

In the 70s . There was a lot off really big clowns . That made that look small and after about 3 hours they started to drop the price of them. Because they all started to die . By 4o,clock most were dead . That was at Belle view aquarists show

Clown loaches are my fav fish, I’m happy for you :) can’t wait to see how he does! Also clowns can fight till the death, it’s extremely rare but a lad in a clown loach Facebook group I’m in had it happen :/

Hell b well happy in thr mick looks cool mate

Monsterest...can't wait til mine get that big

Love his tail😊 very unusual shape

Wow I have never seen one that big except in a harvest video from where they get them in the wild that was 25 years ago .the people there eat them for food. I had 3 they were about 3 inches then. And those were the biggest that I ever seen in the hobby untill today .made me smile thanks glad I stumbled on your channel. Going to follow

Beast buddy

What a amazing clown, my biggest one right now is about 4"

Was in pier last weekend there was some in there over a foot long huge. Great vid mate ✌🏻

@richardlewis9007

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely pier have some monster ones!

I love clown loaches and I wish I could find a huge one same as yours to purchase

Wow he's massive, I need to get a school of clown loach no where local sells them though 😫

I love all my clown loaches and yes they do get very big, cause mine are getting a ton bigger everyday.

No quarantine? Especially in such a beautiful tank! I always quarantine loaches! Lastly Ive seen them 12" plus.

nice to see you didnt put him into a quarentine tank ...............................

Awesome!!!! I will contest from experience that clown loaches can kill one another!! I had a big one that went complete ape shit on my clown gang after feeding a bunch of shrimp he went phyco clown on all his homies I've never seen such aggressive behavior and head swipes with his Barb...I had multiple fish with puncture wounds and one loach dead I never saw that behavior again but they most definitely can are have the ability to kill each other usually aggression towards food almost exclusively actually but it is extremely rare however I have heard other people with almost same story and it's worth noting also that clown loaches have a pack leader he's usually the nastiest strongest most gangster loach of them all and they will follow his lead so just keep a eye out until the new hiararchy is reestablished....he's awesome though very big cool loach

@twasbrillig33

2 жыл бұрын

how many loaches did you have together?

Have you not seen aquarium co-op loach? Or predatory fins?

I typed in large clown loach and got what I asked for. I love them too theyre actual clowns, always playing dead lying on their sides lol. Would love a big tank with these and another species too. I happen to also love the oscars.

@karenjulien2249

7 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the clown loaches, too. This area I’m in So. California, USA, Huntington Beach and you can’t find them anywhere. I had two about five years old and one died in a conch shell and the other one died of a broken heart about two weeks later it wouldn’t eat or anything they are truly missed. Two years ago I got very young ones, five of them and they were about $7 each. I had to go out of town and had some One watching and feeding and they were over fed and in murky water dead 12 out of 13 total assorted fish. Glow fish, my clowns and mollies and ying yangs and one Molly lived. So im on a mission to find clown loaches again but now they are $36 each!!! I don’t like getting fishes thru the delivery so I’ll have to figure it out. The $36 each ones are the ONLY ones I found. Any idea why they’ve gone so high in price ?

Large one has a bend in his tale hope he make it

My local has some monster clown loaches atm. Far too big for my tank. Arundel aviaries and fisheries there called. in fratton Portsmouth

I've had my 3 clown loaches in a 6 foot tank from juveniles until now which is over 12 years later and they are still quite small. Not sure why.

I've got 10inch Cory catfish 😉🤣

Can one redtail shark be put with clown loaches?

what a monster

I have 9 off them that size In a 1000l tank cool fish

Big clowns can be very territorial towards each other. It’s very well known. Especially the males. Those mouths might be small but can do some serious damage.

@nsasimallik

2 жыл бұрын

I thought clowns are shoaling fish and tend to live in groups. I don’t know much about larger clowns behaviour. I keep a group of 5 clowns semi juveniles. They behave like clowns and for most part stick to each other. They seldom get scared for no apparent reason and thrash the substrate. For some reason they are very active during early hours just before day breaks.

Your school of clowns look beautiful. Do a update video once he settles. His tail fin looks bit curved . Also I heard these days clowns are commercially bread. Do you have idea where he came from.

@MicksFishUk

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much do love my clowns. I haven’t got a clue we’re he came from. Got him straight for a wholesale shop 👍🏻

Kaiju clown loach!

I'm so jealous! Where the hell did you get that!

@MicksFishUk

2 жыл бұрын

A guy message me from a wholesales 👍🏻👍🏻

@justinstuart8382

2 жыл бұрын

@@MicksFishUk I've dreamt of getting one that big!

I have same size tiger oscar but it is very aggressive. How those small clown loaches survive?

@MicksFishUk

2 жыл бұрын

Keep them well feed and have massive wood in your tank for hiding places. Plenty of water changes

Monster clown loach

Didn't look that big in the bag then fuck yeah that's huge

Mick ,, no you can't touch him 😭😅😅😅

@MicksFishUk

2 жыл бұрын

🤣👍🏻

The biggest one I had was around 12 inches! Unfortunately heater broke in tank n cooked all the fish :( lost 8 big clowns n almost made me quit!

How $?

Mate he’s gorgeous usually when people have clown Loach’s that big they keep them very rare to see them up for sale any bigger than 5” 6” I don’t know what that one is but he’s at least eight 9“ 10“ I don’t know it’s hard to tell isn’t it but I have only seen them really big in sea life centres About 12 inches I suppose yeah about foot long is the biggest I’ve seen try buying one of them no chance so you’re very lucky nice one mate I am very jealous although you do know he’s only got about a day to live he’s got that droopy tail disease that’s going around🤣👍⚒

Nice but got a dicky tail , them ones at pier are 300 each I think

Crossed with a whale that mate.

Dont they have hooks in there eyes i never use nets for clowns

That's a small clown loach on Facebook there's a guy with a 18inch clown ..btw ur Oscar's look big how many inches are they

My clown loach is bigger than that

That is not a cheap fish XD

Stop talking s##t they do get aggressive and they eat other fish. And they have fin barbs.

@pristineaquariums5219

2 жыл бұрын

I have 10 of them. From 7, years to 4 months. Unpredictable. Watch closely and all the time you see things you would have never have thought about them doing.

Why is my angel attacking my clown loach?

@SuperRedshark1

Жыл бұрын

Because it wants to dominate the tank as dominant fish get more food, grow bigger, are more attractive to the opposite sex and have the potential to have more offspring. Clown Loaches need others of their own kind as they are social fish. They need good hiding places to retreat to and feel safe, where predators cannot get to them (even when in aquariums without predators).