Loaches Online Forum

Loach Disease: another symptom: Last night we were having dinner and I asked DH if he wanted more salt for the soup. he replied: "No thanks, it's bad for my scales" :roll: Is there a twelve-step group? Have started treating the tank for ich -- though we haven't seen any yet, the biggest guy does fla...

"Hi, my name is Kate and I am a loachaholic" So, our 44" long tank is in place , and we are still trying to figure out how to build/customize a hood for it. I know a lot of you have custom tanks in all different sizes, what did you do? Thanks for all the advice! (and the loach book has shipped -- ma...

Katy- You didn't have to read the whole thing. Kinda like I didnt "have to" get addicted to loaches overnight? :roll: :) Just back from another pet store ("local" is relative here in the boonies -- gotta go to NH or over a mountain) -- blew another $75 but managed to squeak out of there without get...

Holy Cow! (or "JEESUM CROW!" as we say here in VT) Took me a while to get through all 17 pages of that, but WOW!!!! (and as I was reading that, DH has been geeking out on the main site, falling in love with even more loach species, and researching water distillation on the wood stove (We have very h...

Thanks everyone! Latest Drs F+S order in, looked at LPS this aft but really crummy plants :( We are looking for a 10G to use as a QT, but will use the 20 as QT until then. And based on all the useful advice here we are treating all current loaches for parasites before moving them to the big tank. I'...

Thanks Nancy! I am surprised as well at the tank building -- when DH told me the stuff he was finding I figured it was just some idea that he would play with for a while before moving on. But, as I said, the standard sizes don't fit our space and the loaches need more room :) Think I'll put in my Dr...

also -- what is a good TDS meter? Have been lookign at them online too.

BTW -- ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates steady about 10

Hi there, I'm Kate. Here's the deal: somehow my Dear Husband (DH) and I were in the pet store getting supplies for our goldfish, who had come in for the winter. We ended up in the basement "just to take a look" at the fish. I've never even heard of loaches before, was looking at other fish,but DH ha...