Loaches Online Forum

Hi, I have two zebra loaches in my 15 gallon tropical aquarium, with a bunch of guppy fry and lots of plants and big smooth pebbles to hide under. I was reading about zebra loaches on this site and it reccommended keeping them in groups of 5 or more. Unfortunately I have not seen them in the pet sho...

Here are two videos featuring my hillstream loaches. In this one I figured they were behaving like this because they had nowhere else to hide so were pushing each other to get behind the filter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc20Bm54QaU&feature=channel This video mostly features the fish, but there...

Yeah, they are yellow on a dark background, I just see them so little I have the wrong mental picture of what they look like. Ruto is definately either the Gastromyzon ctenocephalus or the Gastromyzon scitulus. It is difficult to see the the difference between those two. Garth I'd say is probaby Gas...

Waow, there's so many! Ruto looks pretty much like the first one on that list, Gastromyzon ctenocephalus, except he's a bit paler. But he's got little black polka dots on him. But Garth doesn't look much like any of them. His stripes are darker than his body, whereas these guys all have yellow colou...

Sorry about the late reply, it is tricky getting fish to pose for pictures. I only having water a testing kit that tests for nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and pH, but they are all fine. The temperature of the tank is 19 degrees celcuis and it's got a strong filter so there's plent of current. It's a 2 a...

Hi, I've had two hillstream loaches for about a month now. They both seem healthy and active, but I've notice one is very pink on it's underside when I see it stuck to the glass and he was not that colour when I got him. I was wondering if anyone knows whether this in anything to worry about? Thank ...