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cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 04:24 AM
i need this off my mind. years ago from a small store i bought a fish named "clown loach". i didnt know what a clown loach was and found out he wasnt one. he was a 7" snakeish thing with black, orange, and white bands. he died from ich (didnt know how to properly treat it then) but to this day i could never find what he was. any ideas?
Ark6ie
08-26-2007, 04:28 AM
sounds kinda like a kuhli loach from your description but i could be wrong.
cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 04:29 AM
nope, not a kuhli. he was big and fat and he had kinda corn snake bands. he was odd and a never knew what he was. its bugging me so bad! lol
Ark6ie
08-26-2007, 04:34 AM
i cant help you but it sounds very very cool......... i want one!!!!!:ezpi_wink1:
cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 04:51 AM
i want one again too, but ive never seen one since. all i know is it was

7" long
cornsnake orange, white, black bands
big and fat
non-agressive

cmon fishguy, you must know! help me! lol
Dave66
08-26-2007, 05:04 AM
Sounds like Botia dario or perhaps B. historonica (sp.). Check out loaches.com as most Botia and Chromobotia species are illustrated there.

Dave
cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 05:10 AM
DAM, isnt there! this is insane! good link though, its under my bookmarks. It fit under sepentine, but was 7" long and cornsnake markings


he had more banded markings on him and his colors were brighter than on this pic (cornsnake)
cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 05:11 AM
shoot, double post
AquaQueen
08-26-2007, 05:50 AM
OK well I have been googling this one for like almost an hour with nothing...I check eels, loaches, snake-like, and even eel-like, fish, all with the description you gave us and I dunno what it is....where is Fishguy when ya need him...lol JK he will be around sooner or later he must know though.
Zibignu
08-26-2007, 06:31 AM
Could it be this guy?

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Edit: ok nevermind that one, 2" - 3" lol.

It sure sounds like this one that you describe:

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But that's a clown..
zackish
08-26-2007, 01:06 PM
Cornfish? ahahah
Clown pleco?
YaYgoldFish
08-26-2007, 02:22 PM
don't clown plecos only grow to 6 inches?
cocoa_pleco
08-26-2007, 03:04 PM
lol, im scared i got some weird foreign thing back then. he was just a 7" serpent tubular snake with 2 eyes in front and cornsnake markings. im starting to think alien!