Loaches Online Forum

Thanks, I think I'll do that. After reading the Ich Sticky, it sounds like the cure is as bad as the disease. Thanks again.

Cleaned my tank today and noticed ONE ich spot on one of my clown loaches an hour or so ago. It isn't there now. What meds should I use and if I don't use medications, how high should I set the temperature to kill the ich? No other signs of anything in the tank on any of my other fish.

That sounds like a neat tank. Lots of fish!

I've never ordered fish via mail.....how does that work. What if you are not home when they arrive, or the weather is cold?

I made this mistake. I bought a 20 gallon and 2 clown loaches. Found out that was too small and someone recommeded a 75-gallon. I bought the 75-gallon, and that is also really too small for clown loaches. The get big and need a lot of room. Minimum of six feet to swim is what I've read. And, they ne...

Nancy D - how many do you have in your tank?

Newshound - I'm pretty sure that the initial outbreak was caused by not quarantining new fish. I've had my tank for three years and never had any problems, whatsoever. I had never really added any fish before, and totally forgot to quarantine. There were no ich spots for a couple of weeks, but withi...

How many could I get for my 75-gallon tank with maybe 10 small danios (the Glo Light Zebras) and 10 Neons, a few cherry shrimp and maybe a couple of kuhli loaches?

lol Okay, I'll take another look at them. Thanks ! Another PA person! Where from?

If you are asking me and not Clown Loach Fan, no I'm not. I've been told that my 75 gallon tank is not big enough for clown loaches and I was guilt-wracked over that for two years. I actually started with a 20-gallon and someone told me I needed a 75 gallon for them. The only reason I have this 75 g...

Oh, okay - I was thinking debris would have to be vacuumed out the same way I have to go deep into the gravel. Will the sand be okay for other fish like neons and danios?

Well, I started as a blue gravel and plastic plant and castle kind of person. Now, I have natural rocks, live plants, real wood and a hollow log that is a good hiding place. But, I still have the blue gravel. It's not rounded. It sounds like I need to make that change to a different type of gravel?

I just outside of the Phoenixville/Valley Forge area. We are probably about two hours away. I wish I would have known - I had two clown loaches that I wanted to find another home for because I had them in a 75 gallon tank, which I've since been told was too small. I had them for three years and then...

I am going to check those out agin. Clown Loach Fan - we are both from Southeastern PA!!

I have a 75 gallon aquarium. I would like to have a school of loaches. I looked through the list and thought these might be possibilities:Botio Histronica, Kuboti, Rostrata, Yasuhiko Takia Sidthimunki, Yas. Nigrolineata, and Rosy Loaches. I thought the Dwarf loaches were cute (now I can't remember t...