Loaches Online Forum

Hi all, In the summer of 2008, I was sold a very cute, tiny clown loach for my 10 gallon tank. Now, of course, I realize how terrible this was! Then in the fall of 2009, I went away to Ecuador for a year and gave my mother instructions on how to care for my lone fish (all of his tankmates had died a...

Ha. The fish gods hate me. I was waiting for my two clowns to come out of their hiding spot in the 10 gallon to check to see if they are spot free. While I was waiting, I looked at my fishies in the 55 gallon for amusement. Guess which fish now also have ich? Yup. Then in my distress and absent-mind...

Thanks Diana! 5 days in, and everyone seems to still be in good spirits. The barbs have no more spots on them, but that just means, as you said, that more will come from the ones that were already attached to them before I started treatment. The clown loaches are still covered, but are eating well a...

Thanks for the post! We decided to preemptively dose the demsey's tank using half doses. Since she is the only one in there, we really don't mind doing the dosing and daily water changes for a while as a precautionary measure. She is handling the half dosing fine because she isn't scaleless. The loa...

Update: We bought Rid Ich today. We did a water change (putting less water in than we took out so that the splash from the filter could add more oxygen to the water), took the carbon out of the filter, added salt, and put a half dose of Rid Ich in the tank. The tank is at 83ºF, which doesn't seem to...

Hi everyone. I am sure there are several posts about ich, but I want to make sure the advice I get it is specific to my situation. I've had my clown loach for about five years now. We recently got him another clown loach buddy and four tiger barbs. We also recently upgraded to a 55 gallon tank. Yes,...