Clown loach
Chromobotia macracanthus
A social fish that lives twenty years, clicks, and sleeps wedged sideways.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 30 cm
- Smallest tank
- 180 cm
- Temperature
- 25–30 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 5 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litresToo small
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres14 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres26 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Discus
- Guppy
- Frontosa
- Oscar
- Bala shark
- Kissing gourami
- Severum
- Black ghost knifefish
- Common pleco
- Freshwater angelfish
- Silver dollar
- Red rainbowfish
- Moonlight gourami
- Firemouth cichlid
- Peacock cichlid
- Three spot gourami
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- African butterflyfish
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Keyhole cichlid
- Yellow lab cichlid
- Kribensis
- and 30 more species
Caution
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Rainbow sharkNarrow shared temperature range
- Siamese algae eaterNarrow shared temperature range
- Bristlenose plecoNarrow shared temperature range
- Yoyo loachNarrow shared temperature range
- SwordtailNarrow shared temperature range
- JulidochromisNarrow shared temperature range
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Scissortail rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Congo tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Bronze corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Black skirt tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Emperor tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Cherry barbNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- Harlequin rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Black neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Clown killifishNarrow shared temperature range
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Denison barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- Panda corydorasWater temperatures do not overlap
- Odessa barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap