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by Sanguinefox
Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:12 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: Botia histrionica...one not eating?
Replies: 0
Views: 13922

Botia histrionica...one not eating?

This may be an odd question to ask but I'm not really sure what is best at this point. Over a year ago I fell in love with loaches. I brought 5 home and they grew up...and it was...lovely. During a move from a 75 gallon tank to an 150, two of my original shoal lost their lives. Left with 3 (an incom...
by Sanguinefox
Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Show us your Funny Loach Pic's
Replies: 156
Views: 386399

Re: Show us your Funny Loach Pic's

It's not often I get good pictures but this one is worth sharing:

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by Sanguinefox
Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Share your Loach Movies!
Replies: 205
Views: 426985

Re: Share your Loach Movies!

I don't have any recent video of of my older loaches. I did get some fresh video of my young loaches in the 80 gallon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdEYVVbOirQ&hd=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlC_UcShl-k&hd=1 Finally got decent video of the loaches in the 150 Gallon. I am working on getting so...
by Sanguinefox
Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:10 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Looking to Identify loaches, also advice
Replies: 7
Views: 8399

Re: Looking to Identify loaches, also advice

I think they could be rostrata, they don't look like histrionicas I've had. But like Diana said, it can be hard to tell with young fish. There's an article on the main site on comparing kubotai vs histrionica vs rostrata. They'll probably be ok together in the 80g. The ladder loach? That is what I ...
by Sanguinefox
Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Looking to Identify loaches, also advice
Replies: 7
Views: 8399

Re: Looking to Identify loaches, also advice

Yoyo Loaches can show quite varied striping patterns through their life, and so can several other species. Perhaps you do have one of the species pictured in the Species Index, but a different stripe pattern. What the store had on their list and what is in their tanks had not real relationship to e...
by Sanguinefox
Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:33 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Looking to Identify loaches, also advice
Replies: 7
Views: 8399

Looking to Identify loaches, also advice

Hello there and thank you for taking the time to read this. I am not a first time loach keeper. I keep a variety of fish and have always held loaches very close to my heart. Recently I've managed to acquire and get set up an 80 gallon tank. It is cloned from a 20 gallon, and has things brought over ...