Loaches Online Forum

I was looking into species and was thinking about possibly Yunnanilus cruciatus. Being tiny, I'd probably end up with a small fish community, but I was wondering (to those of you who have any experience with them) if they were hard to feed? I have a wide variety of pellets and flakes available, and ...

I got a 40 gallon breeder from Petco during their last sale, and I'm in the process of building the stand and getting the filter/heater/hardscape in line. Dimensions are 36" long x 18" wide x 16" tall. That means that I have time to think about a stock list. I have two ideas: Idea one is a sub tropi...

Sorry to say but you're already at max capacity/overstocked, even if you remove the Black Neons (I would). Your tank is about 33 US gallons and is about 31x14x18 to us U.S. types. I'm new around here too, but the general consensus in threads of a similar nature I've started (I have a tank about your...

So, I realize I started a thread about this recently, however, there have been some changes, and I don't want to muddy up a thread and get confused and get confused replies. I got my tank. It is a 30 gallon breeder (36" long x 18" wide x 12" tall), and I need some help stocking it. I asked around my...

piggy4, my water in my area is pretty hard generally (PH over 7 normally), but good looking out. I'll keep some limestone on hand and my API test kit at the ready. Would this be bad for the schoolers I was planning on putting in with them? I was thinking of Cherry Barbs and Sids. Also, I may have fo...

Sids are freaking adorable. Now if I could only find a place around me that sells them. How many would be a good sized school for a 29 gallon? That being said, how many would be a good sized school of Zebra loaches for a 29? I was planning on having a school of dithers. I was thinking either Zebra D...

Mansfield, Ohio (about an hour North) has a locally owned shop called The Fishman Pet store (info here) has them sporadically. He'll occasionally special order fish too.

I am a loach noob. In my ignorant fishkeeping years, I had a five clowns and a Dojo in a 29 (the poor babies died to the red-tailed shark from hell in under a week), a Blue Boita alone in my 90 (he's now living with 15 others in a 210 gallon with a good friend), and a solitary Dojo Loach named Ganda...