"To me someone actually breeding clown loaches is amazing." Until seeing this guy do it, I was under the impression that breeding clown loaches in captivity was nearly impossible. I guess it took someone dedicated enough and clever enough to figure out how to do it.
This is still not natural breeding. To trigger natural breeding is still nearly impossible - and it is the only way to breed small and very small loaches such as the pandas. I work on Yoyo loaches and different water as well as lower temperatures seem very important (yoyos aren't tropical fish like clowns). So far the eggs were always eaten, so next I will have a breeding tank with very rough gravel in it. The microworms are a great advice for me too to use sinking live food for the fry if I get it to hatch.
My clown loaches have bred twice after doing a large water change with cooler water. My loaches are approx 15 years old and the females are the biggest at around a foot long and thick.... I think they just need a good sized tank, a powerhead for current, lots of places to hide, and lot of love ;)
You made my day. I love clown coaches and it was a real treat to see them in this video. Go glad that experts are working on breeding them in captivity.
Wow! Now I wanna order some clown loaches! I ordered some upside down catfish from this guy a while back and they were (and still are) beautiful healthy fish. 🐟
To the people who gave this video a thumbs down......there really is no pleasing you or you are simply an uneducated newbie, that can not appreciate how cool and rare breeding clown loaches really is.
Probably a bunch of misguided people who think that all captive breeding is bad, despite the fact that it actually reduces the strain on wild populations.
Can you do a more in depth video on how he maintains his water and modify his PH, plus feeding regimen for juveniles; filter system and water changes. :) this is super interesting.
I feel another 3 year breeding project coming along. We'll need to get a bunch of them from him and settle on a good feeding regiment. The color on his males was amazing!
Thatt's awesome. Anything to keep from depleting them from the wild. Plus I'm sure it's easier to make sure the stock are healthy since there's less chance of parasites and whatnot. Love clowns. Used to have some big ones until I had an almost complete tank wipeout :(
Kind of reminds me of the crazy variations when saltwater clownfish were being produced as picassos, snowflakes, etc. Cory, Does this guy sell to the public?
last year I quit my job at petsmart but before I left I sold myself some clown loaches guppies hatchetfish and an eclipse catfish. My clown loaches is only 2.5” long and they eat hikari sinking wafers
Luckily, here in Sarasota, Florida, we have a local guy who breeds em & sell em cheap to one of our local mom&pop shops...! Loved the video...! Keep your awesomeness & go find some nature to enjoy daily...!!!
@claudiavega3101 Bioaquatix is the guys 'name' featured in the Aquarium Co-op RU-vid video. Wet Pets is the local store that got em in the past, but he(Bioaquatix) is open to the public now, so I'm not sure if he 'wholesales' anymore... He only does the clown loaches once per year nowadays... I'm not sure if Bioaquatix will ship fish, but I know that Wet Pets does NOT ship fish...! If you're local to the west coast of Florida, just Google them and follow the directions... If you're not, you're probably outta luck... I hope this was helpful...
An interesting future topic would be how these guys figure out breeding a fish when there's little or no known information. Do you just take many stabs at everything (parameters, food, etc)?
You made me research weather loaches! I read that some of them like to be petted? That they chillax at the bottom, propped on their elbows & want to be pet?
No hormones. But it isn't natural either: He needs to get them to carry eggs and semen, then he extracts both from the fish, mixes it with a little water in a bucket and incubates the eggs. This is how salmons and trouts are bread as well as many other fish for consumption.
My only question is: Does he breed them in the vats or move them to an aquarium in pairs? I could watch clown loach videos all day long! It looks like his are the Borneo strain. I want the one with the dot on it!
I asked for an algae eater and was sold one of these beautiful fish. Got it home and thought it looked more like a cat. Hides a lot and only comes out at night or if I take away it little hiding place. He doesn't seem to fit the profile. Could it be because he was in the tank with an aggressive Angel fish for awhile? WAS NOT TOLD THEY GROW SO BIG!!! Mine is still kinda small after a year but is growing. Love him but never see him unless I remove the little sea chest he stays in.
OK Cory, so I happen to know that Clown Loaches are one of your favorite fish, did you get him to give you his secret after the camera stopped rolling? I remember a conversation( back in the slow early days) where you said that as far as you knew "breeding them in captivity was not possible".
As long as your hand is wet and not dry the fish do good as soon as the fish starts flopping they feel uncomfortable as you see these fish all look comfortable
I have tried Clown Loaches a few times, one point he mentions is feeding. I found trying to find something they like almost impossible, I went with some recommendations from the fish store but nothing seemed to please them.
I have 5 yoyos. They spawn. No eggs survive, or are seen in a tank with pentazonas, congo tetras, and platies. By the way. Don't have yoyos if you want babies.
"... If it doesn't fit in their mouth, they're not going to eat it." That describes my platy, even the fry. They're very picky about food size. It's annoying and frustrating and a lot of food is wasted. They rather look for smaller, easily eaten food than bother with chewing. 🙄 I don't know much about clown loaches, but I like the look of them. From the comments, I understand they're hard to breed in captivity, so this is cool.
After having aquariums for over 40 years Fish ALWAYS do better in a tank that resemble a Wild Environment. No Fake Plants and No colored Rocks, make the tank as Real and Natural Looking as possible.
I have 5 mature clown loaces, I've had them for 4/5years. About 3yrs ago 2 yoyo loaches appeared in my tank. I've never had one, nor had I heard of them at the time between them arriving was a min of 3yrs. I continually read how difficult loaches are to breed. If so where did these come from. Any advice?
