Loaches Online Forum

Hello Loachy folks. It's been a very long time since I have logged in here, I'm happy to see the site is still going strong. :) I'm here because life circumstances are causing me to need to find new homes for most of my fish, including 9 adult Botia Striata. In spite of knowing a large number of fis...

Well, I made the decision at the time to leave them in the flourite planted tank. But, I've de-planted it so much that I feel really bad for them. It will grow in again but in the meantime seeing them on that substrate just makes me wince. It shouldn't I suppose, they've been in there a long time af...

Hi Folks In the process of completely tearing apart my 75 for re-aquascaping I found two pangio I didn't know I still had. They appear to be one myersi and one kuhli. They've been in there at least two years, maybe longer. Now I'm trying to decide what tank they may do best in. The tank they're in h...

hmm, you know how sometimes when a subject comes up all of a sudden you see it mentioned everywhere you turn? lol...just saw another account of a keeper with a huge river tank down in NZ filled with them.. and breeding of course. I guess the profile will need to be updated to reflect that they are b...

I was surprised and confused when someone showed me this link recently. Apparently an absolute breeze for him to breed.
I'm especially confused by the "didn't bother with high flow" part.

Can I have your opinion? Is this credible?

http://brianstropicals.com/sewellia.html

wonderful news! thanks Shari & Blue.

Hi Guys Haven't checked in on the loach scene in months but I did recently open mouth elsewhere and insist that there has yet to be a confirmed breeding of any botia species or clown loaches in home aquaria. ( yup I know some species have been successfully farm bred with hormones). Anyway...just pop...

I have horsie envy.

I'm bummed I couldn't see it, stupid computer gives me no end of headaches.
But if I could I'm sure I'd say wow!

ha! boy do I feel dumb.

I just realized we actually have one of those fans, thought they looked familiar...I never knew it could be wall mounted though, I see there's actually a little "hanging hole" on the back, the fans are lightweight too so it shouldn't take too much to hold them.

thanks Emma.

sure is and I will be looking for those clip on fans at least.

Martin how do those wall fans mount? Is it some kind of braket that the fan then slides into? Are the bolt holes humongous?

wow she's fat How long are they Mark?
I can't wait for mine to grow but I like that he's young and more active too. I really enjoy watching him sift sand.
I think I might get another one now.

all the pictures around are corrupting me into wanting more loaches.

I think they're great pics sophie. thanks for sharing.

LOL! "shufflebums" is great. I took to calling the one hillstream I had "wigglebutt".

Same difference, different dialect I love that someone else thinks of them that way.