Clown Loach Fish

About The Fish

Clown loach or Chromobotia macracanthus its one of the loach family and tropical fresh water fish It originates in inland waters in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra.

Description 

The fish's body is long and laterally compressed, with an arched dorsal surface and a flat ventral surface. Its head is relatively large and its mouth faces downward with thick, fleshy lips, and four pairs of barbels. The barbels on the lower jaw are small and difficult to see. Clown loaches can make a clicking sound when they are happy or angry the fish size between 7 to 10 inches (18 to 26 cm) The body is whitish-orange to reddish-orange, with three thick, black, triangular, vertical bands. The anterior band runs from the top of the head and through the eye, the medial band lies between the head and the dorsal fin, and wraps around to the ventral surface, and the posterior band covers almost all of the caudal peduncle and extends to the anal fin.

Behavior 

clown loach is schooling fish they should be kept in groups of 5 members or more coz they may try hide if they are less than 5 members also they will be nice tank mate to fish like tiger barbs but generally clown loach is peacful harmless active fish . we can say the clown is shy fish some how coz its will prefer to hide when u add it in new tank and some other aggrissive fishes may strees the clown loach.

Temperature and PH 

they like temperature between of 77 to 86 °F (25 to 30 °C), a pH between 5.0 and 8.0, and water hardness between 5 and 12 dH.

Tank 

the minimum size of the tank should be 70 gallons for adults fishes . plantes and decoration are required in tank to provide hiding places for the fish

Diet 

Clown loach is surface feeder fish but they also feed on alga on ur tank stones and they eat falkes and blood worms - small snails - brine shrimps