Loaches Online Forum

Thanks! I can't really be sure how long he's been panting. I know he's been panting since I can home, 3 days ago. I also know he was panting shortly after carpet surfing and I can't remember if I ever saw him get better or not. I left a week or so after the incident, and my wife wasn't really ...

So I have a loach that's panting and I'm not exactly sure why.

I have a 30 gallon tank.
temp: 78 (Was at 72 but I'll get to that in a second)
nitrates: 5-10
Kh: 5
gh: 15
ph: 7.5

I currently have 5 loaches in the tank. 3 are botia kubotai, and they've been in there for 3 years now. 2 I just added ...