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I know I put this earlier in the thread, but I think kuhlis would do fine. I have a tank the same size and when I sit in front of it and look, it looks big enough for fully grown kuhlis to me! I even tried it once but lost two of them within the first couple of days, and the third one committed sui...

OK people. We are loach fanatics and that is fine. Some of our determinations and advice may seem a bit of an overkill for those who just think they are cool fish and want to keep some. 8) While yes, we have experience and can offer advice based on that, we all do realize that mileage in any given ...

eelise, I hope you're not frustrated but I can understand if you are. Keep in mind that threads on this forum frequently get off of the original topic so not all posts in your thread are directed at you. Some members of the forum (sometimes myself included :o ) word things a little too strongly but...

Your three little tetras aren't happy ;) Please explain, I would love to know what else I can do to make them happy ? Add many many more tetras ;) Tetras in the wild live in massive clouds of thousands of fish. If what you are suggesting is true, then I would have a tank of only tetras? IF you go b...

angelfish83 wrote:Your three little tetras aren't happy

Please explain, I would love to know what else I can do to make them happy ?

Keep in mind some of the stuff you hear here isn't so much opinion, as Loach gospel. Its not an opinion if someone like Martin or Emma, and quite a few others on here tell you. If you hear it from most of the experts on here, its not an opinion, its just the way it is. If you choose not to go with ...

I will just have to take my chances with these differing opinions, but, I can say that here is Boston, you can get kuhlis everywhere, and I suspect that if I find the right fish store, they will be happy to special order anything avalable. I guess it is hard to find a concensus, I will go with my gu...

I only meant that in my experience, I started off with a "compromise" for my son, and ended up with three tanks! fish are more-ish; I didn't mean to sound as if I thought your ideas were bad - just that they feel familiar. I didn;t, however, do what you're doing and get advice first. my mistake! No...

How does a toddler really know what they want in a fish tank? :lol: Seriously, I'd think they'd enjoy whatever you decide upon. With all do respect, I think my daughter does really know and have preferences, she is very conscious of colors. But, that a side, I want to make sure that whatever I do, ...

thanks for clering this up for me. I think I am going to search for 3-4 zipper loaches for my tank. If I have trouble fiding them, I will aim for kuhlis, I likethem, but they are more shy that other loaches in my opinion, but still very cute. Thanks for your help. I may have found a compromise betwe...

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/H ... rLoach.php

this link says that zipper loaches are best kept alone, that they fight with their won, should I ignore that?

I was told that 78 degrees would be fine for these tetras, so, could I get three kuhlis or three zippers ? or the other kind if I find they are friendly? Oh, there is a good current right now, from my water filter that comes from the hood, they manage fine, but I see them get pushed a bit in it.

I can't find the exact name of these tetras, they are not the white skirted albino ones, they are a simple tetra with red eyes. They have small fins and a small body. I think they get to be no more than like 2 or so inches. They are a friendly kind, very benign. I just keep seeing "minimum 5 loaches...

20H is the 15g footprint, and for loaches it is the footprint that matters....plus you already have a competing bottom dweller (cories)... I'd go for one loach species in sufficient numbers rather than try packing two into it. Not fully sure what you mean by "banded loaches" -- schisturas? (Usually...

At the moment, I have a 20 ga (high) with three albino tetras and 3 very tiny pigmy cory catfish, what options do I have for loaches? I like the zipper loaches and kuhli, could I do a small number of one of these these in this tank ? What about a banded loaches? Or, woud that just be too crowded for...