Loaches Online Forum

i just came back from wallMart and saw 2 b.striata (zebra) ... I was tempted to buy them but the conditions they live in are horrible and there's nobody around to get them for me.

they should have a 'catch it yourself' policy. it'll be so much faster.

if you don't have a car to go up to greenwich, CT, go to penn station and you can take a train up there.
It might be faster considering the traffic in nyc/manhattan especially.

a little pricey... i think i saw a few at petSmart for $5

yeah, i was wondering what makes kubotai & histrionica different species to begin with. Yes their stripes are a bit different but that's like saying humans are different species just because of hair color.

the only solution is genetic testing.

well, i see 5-10 khulis in a 10 gallon tank at the lfs all the time but i doubt they would recommend putting that much in a small tank. I'd say 4 is best suited for your bigger tank. I'm not an expert with loaches but i think they all require a lot of space to swim and dig around.

is there an anatomical drawing of a loach's mouth somewhere?
i'm curious.

heh, that pretty funny.. this begs dialog bubbles... I'll get on it.

here's the lone b. histrionica next to his cousin, the b. kubotai.


or at least I think so.

and here's a close up of the teeth on the rainbow.. i can't get over it.

That's not something you see in young B. histrionica. How long have you had these little guys? i've had them 5-6 months now.. I'll try to get the other guy who i think is a b. histrionica but he's camera shy. His stripes are solid and he's yellowish. and I think hygro polysperma is illegal now.. Yo...

i used to live in nyc.. there's not much in the city itself but great stuff around it.. as you can see from the links above.

wahoo... i got him


as you can see, I'm an expert algae grower.


and look at the chompers on this guy.

Great tank. What is the plant on the left side of your tank? it's a mass of sunset hygro polysperma... i'm using it to keep check on algae. I'll trim them when I feel comfortable i have the algae in control. They grow 1 cm a day. so, they're fast growers. thanks martin, i'll definitely keep an eye ...

Could well be barking up the wrong tree , but at first glance i thought i was looking at young B.kabotai ! its just that the bands seem to be linking on the lateral part of the body , i dont have these but my young Histrionica seem to have straighter banding , as i said though this is just a whim. ...

depending on the shot, flash and or a tripod helps. And a little sharpening in photoshop i consider these shots not that great... but i'm always critical of my stuff.

art & design is my bizniz.

it might stop or i'll just alter course.