Loaches Online Forum

Hi, I link to photobucket to show my pictures.

Hi borneo 24. I have a fish which looks similar to this. It was sold to me as a Butterfly Plec but I know it as a HIllstream Loach. It is nearly 9 years old now and resides in my 4ft sand-bottomed catfish tank with smaller catfish species and African Dwarf Frogs. I really should attempt to identify ...

I used the "OOPS, there's something in the net I just stirred around" method :lol: Twas in a pond and I was surveying for newts. There was a population of non-native Alpine Newts escaped from a local school surviving, nay thriving, there. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh204/redshark1/Triturusal...

hello too....im from borneo Indonesia...and im a clown loach maniac too... cheers.... 8) 8) my 30cm clown loach... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=102773793070549 Hi borneo24, great to meet somebody who has them in his local river! That's amazing. Not sure about the tank decorations thoug...

As you can see I keep a Jack Dempsey with my Clown Loaches. He has a powerful bite, but gets on great with the Clown Loaches and is very gentle with them. He will occasionally push them out of his space like a bulldozer, but they don't mind this at all. I sometimes feel sorry for him as the Clown Lo...

Hi, having enjoyed the loaches from Borneo and Western Ghats I thought I'd post my only pic of my only local loach species in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the Stone Loach Nemachaelis barbatus. Enjoy (hopefully!). http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh204/redshark1/StoneLoachNemachaelisbarbatusSunL...

What's it's name? Lingling?

And don't forget to blanch the bamboo before weighting it down in the tank!

Hi, my friendly advice to you would be to brush up on your knowledge about establishing a mature filter and then maintaining good water quality. That is the key to being a successful fishkeeper.

Hi yendor, welcome to our (and now your) forum. This is the place for Loach keepers and I am so glad to have found it. I have found my Clown Loaches entertaining, beautiful sociable and very sturdy. Surely the greatest aquarium fish. My six are 17 years old and are 8" (females) and 6" (males) in my ...

Mine seemed to enjoy Ramshorn snails.

They must be cultivated snails not wild ones, to avoid parasites.

Fabulous pictures and truly beautiful fish - there is a striking effect but also exquisite detail to the patterns and colour combinations.

A real treat to see. Many thanks.

Yes, but I would say that to keep these you need a group and adding a group could seriously compromise your water conditions so make sure you have a big enough tank and ample filtration or it could end up being a bad idea. They need feeding and should not be regarded as mere scavengers. They may, if...

Cool that you found us and are prepared to ask. It's worth having something to aim for, even if you cannot achieve it yet. I waited a long time for my Clown Loach aquarium since I first wanted it 20 years before. I kept different fish in smaller tanks before then. I would aim for 6 -10 Clown Loach i...

Why should they die of ich? I found it very easy to cure.

If you keep repeating it he won't be able to ignore you