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I came to the conclusion that the nippy Sids were probably very hungry (starving).

Hi andyroo and welcome back. The forum is rather quiet these days, almost fossilised, and could not be described as "vibrant" as your tank. Past mistakes are allowed to live on without correction and spammers seem the most frequent callers but it does hold a bank of useful information which is mostl...

I think I found him here:

https://www.facebook.com/loachassociati ... &ref=notif

I use a screwcumber. It is rounded with no sharp edges, made of stainless steel so is corrosion resistant and heavy and resembles a spring. It can be screwed into cucumber, courgette/zucchini etc. Recommended.

Nice fish. Compared to Clown Loaches the video appeared as though it was speeded up and there were too many stripes for me to handle!

That is interesting, many thanks!

So what did you learn from his talk, please, anything interesting?

Ask to take a picture and look on the identification part of this website.

If that still doesn't identify the loach post the pic here.

Either have a neighbour or someone pop round to give what you have measured out and put in containers, or my prefered option of doing nothing and therefore having nothing go wrong.

The fish will be fine for those periods.

If its only 1 year wait till then. Simples.

If you're not patient then Clown Loaches are not for you.

In answer to the original question, you need to buy a 150 gallon tank and keep six Clown Loaches with a shoal of dither fish. If Clown Loaches are the fish you want to keep I don't know why you would do anything else.

Hahaha! Loachloach, the thought of your fish responding to the sound of the door bell gave me the chuckles! A very sad end too. I bet his demise got you in a lather! (terrible I know). Parents and spouses are best kept out of this hobby. These days I am very lucky in this regard. My wife leaves aqua...

Pangio oblonga looks a lovely and characterful little fish.

Gyrinocheilus aymonieri is the latin name of the Sucking Loach or Chinese Algae Eater (SAE). Not now considered to be a true loach. Cypriniformes (Carps) > Gyrinocheilidae (Algae eaters) A Golden form is also farmed. My first encounter with this fish was in a community tank at my middle school posit...

That's the oldest I heard about. I'm kind of pleased that somebody has had success with this fish which is often miss-sold.