Is this for real?

[hsherman1986]

I went searching for a photo to show how large clown loaches can get, and stumbled across this...

http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/botia_macracanthus_short.html

Is this for real? Do these actually exhist, or is this some sort of deformation? I have never seen anything like this before. They look deformed to me, what do you guys think?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

The page that you linked does not load.

 

[SparKy697]

Here are some good pics from the same site. I'd say that these are some fat healthy clowns.

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/chromobotia-macracanthus

 

[hsherman1986]

hmm, the link i posted worked fine for me, but the link that sparky posted didn't work for me...hmm...

if you look around on that site (loaches.com) you will find a link for short bodied clown loaches...that is what I am talking about...

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Sparkys worked just fine for me.....weird.

I tried looking around and didn't find anything for a short bodied clown loach. Do you have a scientific name besides the one for a regular clown loach? Or a URL for a picture on the page?

 

[SparKy697]

Hey check out this vid.

http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k183/Emma_Turner/?action=view&current=DSCN1258.flv

I knew that they got big but I always pictured them just getting long and keeping their shape. These things are like little pigs!

 

[hsherman1986]

didn't think of doing it that way lol. whoops...

 

[dapellegrini]

whoa... Holy !@#! LOL

Mine never got like that! That looks like a mix between a pot-bellied pig and a clown loach...

I had 3 at one point that were about 7-inches. I believe they can get up to 12-inches...

That video is insane!

 

[jamesrm]

Wow, thats a lot of loach! I would find myself tossing in the occasional snail or two to watch the frenzy....

call me the devil