Clown Loaches

[markandhisfish]

i had read before about clown loaches making clicking noises but until h piced 3 up on thursday i have been hearing them clesrly clicking. how do they do it and why?

 

[shelaghfishface]

lol, love em, they do it when they are excited usually at feeding time, have no idea how tho

 

[markandhisfish]

oh i see cheers. yeah i love mine too only had em a couple of days and already becoming a firm fave

 

[dnn3]

i've had mine for almost a year and i've never heard them do that.maybe i'm just not listening hard enough.

 

[jourdy288]

It's their way of communicating. My Botia kubotai (polka dot loaches) do the same.

 

[markandhisfish]

its quite loud when they do it . really nice fish im well pleased with them

 

[nosoup4you]

The sound is made when they grind their pharyngeal teeth...if I'm not mistaken, all Loaches do this.

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown_loach#In_the_aquarium