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He's got good color, is fully fleshed out above/behind the eyes (no sunken areas), is eating well, and behaving in lively fashion. If you can manage to photo him once a week or every two for six months or so, you may see some progress. See if you can get a ruler into the pic somehow (maybe stick it ...

Do you mean this little article? http://www.loaches.com/articles/breeding-experience-with-pangio-oblonga If so, would you like to write up an account of your breeding experience? Tell us as much as possible about it, what the conditions were prior to the breeding, what the breeding behavior looked l...

Good news.

He is getting bigger I think - but only longer as far as I can tell. It's possible there may have been some stunting effect in his past prior to getting to you. The fact that he's lengthening out and his body type is not as rounded as the others is not really a problem. Since he's showing no sympto...

Personally, I don't think he looks that skinny. Yes, he has a very flat ventral line, but he looks muscular and a bit longer in the flank (if fish have a flank) than the others. The only thing I was wondering was do you think his eye looks a bit larger than the others? Hard to tell from the video bu...

you should remove the rainbow rock. really.
I know they are pretty, but they leach.

No one means to discourage your interest in loaches, altima, but take a look at the link below and see why we say that a 10g tank is unsuitable:

http://www.loaches.com/articles/information-posters

i definitely second the treatment tank suggestion. you may also end up needing a round of antibiotics if the lesions where the ich were concentrated get infected. using a qtank with scrupulous cleaning may stave that off, however.

Yes, you're right. When treating a tank it is best to remove carbon.

I have used them, but not with khulis. what are you treating for and what is your tank set up? answer some of the q's below and we may give a more informed answer... If you have a health problem with any of your fish, whether it be loaches or any other freshwater fish, please copy and paste the foll...

if I were you I'd ask Charles that question.

Here's Charles' (Inkmaker's) site:
http://inkmkr.com/Fish/#anchor1234

scroll down the page to just before the request form and you'll see a link to a pdf on how to use it.
or - contact him directly through his site. he's a good guy and very helpful.

Thanks, Pedro. I have to say, I'm stumped. :?: You have noticed no unusual behaviors? Darting, gasping, flashing, lethargy, loss of appetite? That medication you used recommends continuing treatment for 10 days. Using the treatment for a single dose is not likely to do any good. Since you mention th...

Hi Pedro, it would help if you could please do the following: If you have a health problem with any of your fish, whether it be loaches or any other freshwater fish, please copy and paste the following along with your answers. This will help the other forum members to build up a picture of what is h...

Make sure you do an extra good job on the gravel vacuuming. Also, if your medication directions differ from what's in the sticky, let us know. Most importantly! Do NOT stop treatment until you see NO spots for several days to a week. Best of luck with your treatment. Ich is a major pain, but it is t...