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Thanks all, Mattyd that's a great idea, I'm in Auckland, NZ at the moment and will ask around, there may well be somebody near here who just hasn't seen him in there (other than about 3mm of a nose tip, he's invisible to the world under that log!). I'm in this for the hillstream loaches really, so c...

Thanks Chefkeith, You sound like the voice of reason :lol: but I've been thinking about him all night! We do have a spare 2ft tank he could quarentine in, I forgot to mention that before. Do you think the tank would be big enough for a group 2 or 3 kubotais if the only other fish were 4 hillstreams ...

Hello LOLers, I'm hoping to find some good advice and valid opinions on whether or not to 'save' a botia kubotai from an lfs, and this site of all places is surely the place to ask! :D The situation is: there is a single (healthy looking) adult botia kubotai that is living under a tiny piece of drif...

Sorry for the late reply, my laptop broke and I've been away from the internet for almost a week! A week! :shock: I considered G. zebrinus initially but thought they all have speckly heads, having looked more into them on your suggestion it seems you're both quite right :D He/she is less than 3cm Ji...

Hi all, I promised myself that no more loaches would be coming home until I set up my big tank, but this wee fella was just too pretty and unusual... :oops: https://twitter.com/EricaRowlands/status/240731390608560128/photo/1/large So, home he came and I've had no luck ID-ing him. He seems to be a ga...

Thanks Jim, she seemed pretty eager for a late night feast - it was 1am when I got in and found her there!

My new G. ocellatus had been on this pebble for over an hour!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5yAzfwBBjM

Not sure how to post links, but hopefully this will work!

Hi Frank, I can't personally give any advice, just say congratulations! This thread might be of help though http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23238 It would seem the fry don't need any specific care, just good water quality, good food variety, and the usual parameters for the adults. If ...

Thanks Jim :) I'll bear that in mind next time I'm there! It's a good shop really, so I'd like to keep a good relationship with the people there (especially if they're the people importing friends for 'Pablo' and 'Dyson'! :lol: ) Telling them about this site is a great idea, hopefully the more infor...

Hi all, fish novice here so please be nice! :) Ok, long story made relatively short: I got 2 'borneo suckers' about 3 months ago. I knew nothing about them, but since have been doing loads of research on them, particularly Gastromyzon because the 2 I have seem to be Gastromyzon (ocellatus and ctenoc...

Hi albetton, welcome to Loaches Online! I'm actually new here too :D and no loach expert, but that tank size seems fine to me, and the dimensions sound great for a hillstream tank. From what I've read, turnover should be at least 12 times per hour and preferably a bit more. As for tank mates, Cloud ...

Hi all, I'm new to this site, but have been researching about hillstream loaches recently and posts from this forum always crop up. It's such a useful source of loach info! :D Anyway, I'm hoping somebody can help me identify this loach, I got her (I now think it's a her, but named her Pablo original...