Watermelon banquet

Eyrie · Post by **Eyrie** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:51 am

Great pics

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:23 am

Thank you all for your nice comments!

kimby wrote:she's lovely, do you have a male that matches her in size?
She needs to meet mamaschild's Fat Albert. I think he's close.

Yes, her 'boyfriend' is called Stripes. Here's a picture of them both (alongside a standard 30cm/12" ruler):

one of Stripes posing:

A shot of them together with some of the smaller ones (Stripes far left, Marge on the right):

HylaChristine wrote:Did you get Marge as a baby or a young adult?

As you might have guessed by now, we didn't have Marge and Stripes from young, we re-homed them about a year ago. Thanks to a tip-off from Mary who sometimes posts on here, we went and rescued the pair of them from a shop who had in turn re-homed them from a customer who's tank they had outgrown. When we went and found them, the poor things were on their own in a 5ft tank with one bit of bogwood to hide behind - needless to say they were quite stressed out. We have a 1000 litre aquarium at home, with over 40 Clown loaches. It took Marge and Stripes a little time to adjust to their new surroundings (it was 7 weeks before Marge came out and fed) but these days, they are both confident fish that mix well with all the others, and Marge makes it clear that she is boss of the tank! The other Clowns in the tank are a mixture of ones that I've had for 14 years, ones we rescued from customers who have bought them in to our shop, and others were picked for their strange markings.

topline wrote:I've admired your clowns for ages. Just a question if you dont mind... you say the larger clowns "come out"... What sort of hiding places do you provide for clowns of this size?

Thanks Brian!

Their aquarium is decorated with a huge amount of extra-large bogwood pieces (which proved difficult to source), that we've piled up to create cave-like structures. There are also a few bits of slate that we've placed upright and leaned against the back of the tank. All this decor creates a lot of dark areas where they like to hide for most of the day.

diesel wrote:a clown needs te be 7 inches (17 centimetres) before they turn sexually mature they say.
If its true???

kimby wrote:Do you think there's anything to the thought that the reason no-one gets clown spawns is becuase they need to be full grown?

Not a lot is known about the breeding habits of Clown loaches, but yes, it is thought that only the larger, more mature specimens are the ones that breed. In their native Indonesia, specimens over a certain size are not allowed to be exported, so as to safeguard the breeding populations.

I'm glad you all enjoyed looking through the photographs,

Emma

pedzola · Post by **pedzola** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:47 am

I tried watermelon once...

One tiger barb went nuts on it eating as much as he could.

One yoyo sniffed at it.

No other fish touched it.

Clown loaches were not interested... even the rest of the barbs didn't like it. I've got a single watermelon-loving barb and thats it I guess. lol

palaeodave · Post by **palaeodave** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:09 am

Fantastic pictures, really nice fish. What size is your tank?!?!?!

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:16 pm

palaeodave wrote:Fantastic pictures, really nice fish. What size is your tank?!?!?!

Thanks, palaeodave!

The tank is 7ft x 27" (wide) x 28" (high). We say it's about 1000 litres, but there's actually slightly more volume than that, due to the 3 Eheim external filters underneath - two of them are the big Professionel 3's which hold approx 25 litres each.

Emma

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:36 pm

The fish sure eat well at Emma's

No wonder they are such impressive specimens.

mamaschild · Post by **mamaschild** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:18 am

Watermelon, huh....that's something I almost always have in the house in summer. Guess what mine get to try tonight

GORGEOUS, as always Emma. I love the last pic. Marge is such a beauty. I think she an Albert would make a GREAT pair, as Kimby said

He's such a flirt, he wanted to send Marge a Kiss

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:34 am

Heheheh!!!
I'll pass it on to Marge later, when she decides to venture out!

Let us know how yours get on with the watermelon.

Emma

palaeodave · Post by **palaeodave** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:14 pm

I tried my almorhae's on it and they loved it! So many good pictures but I've forced myself to limit this post to four:

Three of the five there having a munch. The adult chases the smaller ones away in minute!

So I put another piece in for the little'ns.

Hope you like them

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:22 pm

Superb photos, palaeodave!

Botias sure seem to enjoy this fruity feast.

Emma

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:23 pm

Great pictures, youve got some nice chunky fish there

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:33 pm

Post more pictures if you like, palaeodave.

Excellent pictures!

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:18 am

mamaschild wrote:
He's such a flirt, he wanted to send Marge a Kiss

Fantastick Picture

mamaschild · Post by **mamaschild** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:32 pm

Thanks, Diesel

Emma, I tried some watermelon on mine. They ate, it, but not while I was watching

So no pics, yet

LoachOrgy · Post by **LoachOrgy** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:55 am

ahhh, im trying this next. i can't wait for my blue moon light!

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