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P & D
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4 Striped Clowns

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How common are clowns with four stripes? Are they the same as three stripes? And would there be anything different care wise?
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they are the exact same fish..just that the 4-striped ones are 'mutants' as far as i know, they are commonly found in big, box stores like petsmart and walmart..

no special care is needed, just make sure they arent infected with any disease or parasites (common in big, box stores)

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Here you go P&D....lots of variations.

http://www.loaches.com/articles/clown-l ... variations

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thanks for posting that article, it explains alot
the jigsaw pattern looks cool...

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Post by P & D »

Thank You, Martin. The odd stripe variations are what attracted my wife to them, they are all different. I just wanted to make sure they were indeed clowns and not something else passing off as clowns.
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I saw a clown loach with the side spot pattern today at my LFS.
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Post by Mark Janssen »

i to saw a few 4 striped clowns today in a large garden/tool store...

they were very and i mean very small fish 2cm i recon...
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Post by YellowFinned »

A year or so ago, clowns with odd patterns were sold at much higher prices. Now, odd patterns seem to be the norm.
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Post by cybermeez »

Martin Thoene wrote:Here you go P&D....lots of variations.

http://www.loaches.com/articles/clown-l ... variations

Martin.
I have a 4 striper. I'll see if I can get a good photo of him to post in the article.
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Post by helen nightingale »

it may be possible for there to be a few mutant loaches coming from the cheq republic?? but there is definately a difference between natural mutations in colouring and these mutant fish.

Martin how are those fish you got off Pablo?
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