Loaches Online Forum

I had heard that I would be in danger of losing small fish to the pictus. I wasn't sure, because the same store had clown loaches listed as "slightly aggressive," so I began to doubt their opinions. With the two kinds of fish, there are dangerous barbs everywhere, so I was a little worried, but I'm ...

Has anyone tried combining pictus catfish with clown loaches? My wife just bought two, and they're in my 90 gallon tank. The clown loaches (5 of them at about 5" each) are going to be transferred there this week. I'll take the pictus out if there's a good chance of fighting.

I do seem to recall from my evolution classes that stripes do denote poison or danger, but that many creatures have similar colouring to trick predators into believing that they are dangerous. I certainly think that their colouration makes them hard to differentiate, I recently found a clown with a ...

Hey folks: I had five neon tetras as dither fish, and while I was gone, they developed Cottonmouth fungus. They've been removed from my tank, but now I want to ensure that none of the fungus is still in the water. My five clowns are being moved into my new 90 gallon tank in a couple of weeks (when i...