Loaches Online Forum

I think it's a great term.
I'm new to loaches in general and understood instantly what was meant by it.

Those are really nice!
I think I should go through the species index again, I seem to have missed some nice species.

I think I'll go by the shop where I want to buy the fish and ask them if they may treat any fish I order there to prevent parasites, since I don't think I will have the facilities to quarantine and treat myself. I think that it is a very good option to prevent trouble all together. I browsed the for...

Thanks Tinman! Do you know if there is a difference in susceptibility to ich between Botia species? When I read the species index here, or in books I have, ich always seems to be mentioned more explicitly with some Botia's. btw. It's not Hobbes, it's actually Calvin after the transmogrifier turned h...

Thanks, I'll have a look. I plan on buying the loaches(and all other fish) from a store that I know has a high quality fish. I believe they keep every fish a standard three weeks in quarantine. I hope that will be a good first step in preventing it in the first place. I will talk with them and see i...

Thanks for all the kind replies. I really like the look of B. dario and if it is a lively fish it would be a great option to put in with B. almorhae . I am a bit worried about ich, but I guess all Botia's are susceptible for that. I plan a ~20% water change per week, so that might help. I just bough...

Thank you for your response Mark. The idea behind the Y. morleti was to get a lively aquarium, but I guess it might be a bit too lively. So a better option would be two groups true Botia species, maybe 7 x B. almorhae and 7 x B. histrionica ? That sounds like a really nice option. The catfish won't ...

I've been playing with the idea of starting an aquarium for some time and recently I've been looking into it more seriously. After reading a lot and weighing the pros and cons, I've pretty much decided I want to start with a loach specific aquarium. The setup would be an aquarium of about 1.20 x .50...