Loaches Online Forum

thank you helen for all of that information you answered alot of questions in that post........and emma yes i have talked to people that have had loaches and cichlids together for years with no casulties but please i dont want to keep going on about this its just the way it is and this is what peopl...

emma the more reserch i do on that topic the more i am finding out that loachs can adapt to almost any ph as long as the water is clean even you said yourself that your loach tank was around 6.6 or lower right???...so if the can survive in .6 lower ph than the more commen 7.0 why could they not adap...

thanks mike and thanks to you too hyla cool web link :D .........and my lfs said " Any fish that are called loachs are not as abressive as any fish called botia "......i know clowns are botias too but are comminly called loachs and other fish like the blue botia are more agressive that is the only d...

i am not trying to be rude i already know everyones opions about loachs and cichlids but the question was.....Is a 29 gallon tank to small for three angelica Botia's? :roll:.....i already know it is to small for adult cichlids so i am doing some rearranging they will probally be in there with some r...

botias are semi agressive and they get along fin with cichlids acutillay from what i have read botia;s are more agresive than loaches thats why they are called botia insted of loaches

i was woundering do you think i could put 3 angelica botias in a 29 gallon tank or what is the min size tank for them

can i switch to sand or a finer substrate.....thanks martin i had no idea about the substrate but as for the cichlids i moved most of them into my 29 gallon the only ones left are the baby yellow labs im trying to do the right thing but it is going to take some time .....and as for gramme the only r...

nice pic

Thank you emma for not deleting my last post that is all i really wanted was to post some pics of my fish with out them being deleted.....and i promise no more trollish behavier.... my loaches made me do it they just wanted to be seen

my last pics got earased along with my post http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/8066/dscn1252cv8.jpg http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/65/dscn1231gd8.jpg http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2525/dscn1217av7.jpg http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/8953/dscn1216jj2.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5512/...

just taking a poll thats all im not saying or asking about doing im just seeing who and or what is out there since i have gotten all of your advice my loachs and cichlids are in seperate tanks......but im glade to see you are still concerned

i was just wondering how many people have keept or are keeping clown loachs and cichlids together and if you voted no it should not be done please state why. thank you

loachs are slow growers and i am getting either a 120 or 150 next year when i move into my house i would not keep all of those adult fish in that small of a tank they are all still babies accept one is a teenager but yes thank you for the info ...........and as for graeme your are a little wierd for...

thanks....did you pay 20 bucks a pop for all five.......i have plenty of clown loachs for him to play with too
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