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Lip locking can be both a sign of aggression and a pre-breeding ritual in Oscars.

Oscarfishlover, you could add more darkened/shaded area's for your Clowns to feel less intimidated in open waters and more comfortable with snug wood to hide under. I have got quite a lot of bog & mopani wood that provides plenty of hiding places. I have also got a fake root that the clown loach se...

Trying to capture a good photo of a fish when it is moving is very difficult, nine times out 10, they are blurred. I think I need to upgrade my camera to one that has a facility to capture moving images successfully

I'm using a six year old Digital camera. It is very much out of date but it works really well.

Whatever their argument was over its okay now and they are back to their old ways.

Here is a picture I took a few months ago

Actually, I've got four in all, two of them are only around 3 inches. It doesn't look like aggression, I never seem doing this before, normally they are very placid and huddle together

I have two large 7 inch Clown loaches which are absolutely gorgeous. I have to confess that I am not an expert on Clown loaches, my field is Oscars. Today I observed my loaches acting quite strange, behaviour that I have not seen before. They were almost lip locking, a little like what Oscars do. Th...