If anyone remembers, I am the guy that has 23yr old Loaches. She had a growth on the side of her face for about 4yrs that got larger until it was bursting and she was barely breathing. I did what I heard was the most humane way of euthenizing her by adding clove oil to her water in a bag and she slowly passed out. Then I put vodka in the water to finish. I was crying the whole time, in fact I'm having a hard time writing this. She was part of the house, the family, my world for 23yrs....I got married, we moved to 4 cities with her, so many things happened, I can't believe she is gone.
The other two are fine and look like they can live forever. I hope they don't outlive me because I don't know anyone who can take care of them like I did.
The last (and only) time I was on this forum, someone said they had never heard of Loaches living that long in aquaria and wanted me to post a pic of the "guys" (never gave them individual names even though they had different temperaments) so here it is; this was last year, so they are close to 24 yrs now! I am not mistaken on the age, I purchased them just before meeting my future wife; we dated 3 yrs then got married and we just celebrated our 20th anniversary.
