The Clown Loachs are one of my favorites, I love their stripes, however in real life they are almost impossible to mate and in the game very difficult, however I did get a mating and 3 fry. They are so cute! I had one male paired with a female and nothing happened for months, then I threw in another younger female and their was a mating in a week and thus the fry, now the original female is mating with the male so we'll see.

The Clown Loach prefers little nooks and places to hide, and feels stress if it is the only species of its kind in the tank, they can share a tank, but at least there should be another one if its kind in the same tank. A large variety of plants is suggested in their tanks.

I Also give them a little bit of bloodworms <hey it can only help>

I do a 10 percent water change with chlorine cut once a week and keeping the filter at 20 percent dirty.

Real Life Stats

Family: Cobitidae (Loaches), subfamily: Botiinae picture (Bomac_ua.jpg) by Ott, G.

Order: Cypriniformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Clown loach
Max. size: 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7020)
Environment: demersal; freshwater; pH range: 5.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5.0 - 12.0
Climate: tropical; 25 - 30°C; 5°N - 5°S
Importance: fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
Distribution:
Gazetteer Asia: Indonesia (Sumatra and Borneo).
Diagnosis: Body orange with 3 black bars. Eyes not covered with skin (Ref. 13274).
Biology: Feeds on worms, crustaceans and plant matter (Ref. 7020).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Kottelat, Maurice

Citation:

Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi.. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
Page: 59, pl. 28

Source of Information Found :

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version 21 April 2003