Loaches Online Forum

As can be seen from the post dates in this thread, I have been rather lax in posting updates. This is mostly due to another hiatus from fish keeping due to a vacation that ended in finding my loach tank dark green and all fish dead back in 2016 or 2017 (can't remember for sure now). The 30 long and ...

I ended up removing all of the silk plants from my tank today. The edges of the leaves were fraying and I kept finding clumps of enwoven threads floating around, so out they came. Three of the four largest kuhlis came out to see what all of the fuss was about so I enjoyed watching them checkout thei...

I got "lucky" today at the hardware store (sort of). I went to Home Depot (closest store of the appropriate type to my house) to get the O-rings I needed. I took the male end of the connector with me for sizing purposes. I found several that fit the groove in the connector, so I bought at box and we...

Out of stock indeed! That tends to be the case for me when I need random or odd items. I think it is a .5" o-ring, but I can take the connector with me fairly easily. It is killing me that the filter is pretty much ready to go. I just need to add some media from the old filter. In the words of Iñigo...

I hit a snag tonight while getting the Eheim 2213 ready for use. The clip arrived and it installed without a hitch. However, it appears some munchkin or other has removed the O-rings from my Double Tap valves, so both filter hose lines leak (that is what I get for not protecting it better while it w...

I am indeed glad to be back in the hobby! My first fish was a dojo loach, so I get a lot of nostalgia from all loaches. I didn't have any Histrionicas in the tank (that I'm aware of). I think you are referring to the juvenile Kubotai. I had a few of them in that tank. I started a new thread for my n...

Nice fish! I almost bought a similar specimen yesterday, but I couldn't talk my son into it (technically it would be "his" fish, but he wanted a Black Moor ).

After a few years break from fish keeping, my children have gotten me back into the habit... er, I mean hobby. We started with a 20 gal high tank that housed some neon tetras and a four kuhlis. After a few months of maturing, the tank has been upgraded to a 30 long and several more fish have been ad...

So I haven't posted in quite some time. This is due to rage quitting the hobby after leaking about 40 gallons (a sump full) into my living room carpet due to a leaking canister filter. I had to tear down the tank and move it to prevent mold problems, so I sold the tank and re-homed the fishes. This ...

I do have stones in the tank, but I need to increase the flow a bit. I have a larger return pump I can put on the tank, but I have to get some plumbing adapters to make it all work. Thanks for confirming the ID.

It has been ages since I last posted an update, so I'm past due. All of my striata died over time, one after another. It was very strange. I lost a couple of clowns shortly thereafter, but I haven't had any unexpected deaths lately. I currently have five clowns and four kubs in with the same tetras ...

It has been a while so it's time for an update and pics of my loaches. I don't normally buy loaches from PetSmart, but all of the stores in my area had a 50% off sale for the first half of July and I couldn't pass up the tank full of healthy clowns. I made the kid working there catch certain individ...

Believe it or not, it has taken this long to get the canopy finished, painted and installed. The timing was pretty good too because I was able to find a group of five good sized, fat botia striata at a LFS yesterday. I've rarely seen them in my area, so I bought every last one of them and five of th...

I added a shool of 9 blood fin tetras to the tank last weekend. I've been working on the canopy and I'm almost ready to start painting. Once I've got a canopy on the tank it will be time for round two with loaches. I'm definitely NOT going to buy very small clown again, but I'm willing to try a few ...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Sorry to read about your clowns. Hope the other fish are okay. The only other fish I have are the danios and they are in the 125 display. The clowns were in quarantine. It's probably going to be a while before I try clowns again. I'll probably wait and add the loa...