Loaches Online Forum

Hi all,

I have a small school of sidthimunki loaches (8 in total) that have been in my heavily planted tank for 2 years. They are all very active and are kept with SAEs, otocinculus and some amano shrimp. I have recently noticed the size difference in a couple of the loaches. While I have had them ...

Thanks for all the advice thus far- I bought the last 4 sid's that were at my lfs (this is maybe only the 3rd/4th time I;ve ever seen them for sale). If I see them again, i'll definitely pick up a few more.

Another question: one of them seems particularly fat, though just as active as the rest of ...

Hello all,

I'm new to keeping loaches, though not new to keeping fish. I have a heavily planted 30 gallon tank and just purchased 4 sidthimunki botia to go in it. They're really adorable and frisky and I'd like to ensure that I'm doing as much as possible to keep them happy.

In this tank I have 5 ...