Mini Clown Loach needed

[MICEY]

I would love to put a school of clown loaches in the tank with my med size sa cichlids(lower aggressive)
I( love the movement and the color and that they will clean up any food that gets past the cichlids (plus there own food)
But I have a 45 gal bow front and they get much to big
so what would be a great replacement
I hate cories , they just sit there

 

[azmodan]

How about yoyo loaches?


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[MICEY]

I was thinking about those but have not seen any locally

 

[bettaowner]

Skunk botias or polka dot loaches would work.


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[schoeplein]

My corys certainly don't just "sit there". I've got a group of serbai and green. They constantly sift around, just like loaches.

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[T1KARMANN]

The thing is clown loach grow very slow and larger ones are always in high demand they also cost a bomb

Why now get a shoal then sell them or return them to the store for smaller ones again

Everyone always looks at full grown size of fish but some clown loach included take decades to reach full size


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[MICEY]

how long would it take clown loachs to get to around 5" if I get them at 2"

 

[Brookster123]

My corys don't just sit there.. they're all over the place... my lfs says the same thing about clown ' s, he says he can always sell big clowns.. i feel like I'd have a hard time letting them go after 4 or 5 years. . What about yoyo or zebra loaches?

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[MICEY]

I may go for the clown loachs I have 1 lfs that will take larger fish in for trade

 

[Luananeko]

Yoyo, Zebra, Angelicus, Polkadot, there's a wide variety of loaches that stay in the 6"-8" range

 

[T1KARMANN]

You can't beat the look of 4-5 clown loach yoyo and othe loach don't even come close

As for 4-5 years down the road no one can say for sure what will happen in that time

If it was a big fish like Oscar or red tail cat that are hard to rehome I would say don't buy them

But clowns yes very easy to sell
Live for the moment not 5 years down the road


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