Loaches Online Forum

right now i have small round pea gravel. they nose around on it, but can't move it. I have a stacked rock formation that they have been hiding under, it has many places for them to get in and under, plus java moss they have been laying on and under ( saw all this today, the 4" one has been out of hi...

nitrate = around 10ppm nitrite = 0 ammonia = 0 chlorine = 0 hardness = 75ppm alkalinity = around 80 to 100 ppm ph = 7.2 water temp = 82 I've had them 6 days now. could it be they're slime coat coming off? I finally got home early enough this morning to see them swimming around and playing in the bub...

I think my 2 new pangio kuhli's have something but no idea what. I've looked around but can't find anything that describes what i'm seeing. I first noticed it a couple days ago and thought it might be ick :( but now i'm not so sure because now it looks like they have swam through halloween cotton sp...

Thanks again. one more question. i saw a couple posts talking about feeding vegetables. but no mention what kind, any help there?

Thanks for the replys. I just want to make sure i'm not stressing the lil guys by not having enough of them. I only have a 30gl tank, and with 4 neon tetras, 4 gold barbs, and 2 kuhlis, i figure i'm at my population limit.

I just purchased a couple of half banded kuhlis for my tank, my question why a minimum of 3 loaches are needed? the 2 i bought imediately found seperate hiding places in the tank and don't associate with each other. though when they're out they play in the bubbles with my neons and gold barbs, but n...

have you tried running your fingers through the sand, especially around your log and the back edges of the tank?