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chuzzv
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My baby loach

Post by chuzzv » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:03 am

The coolest thing happened when I was cleaning my fluval filter last week. I was taking out the sponges and this worm started slithering around in some of the icky stuff under the sponge. I was very concerned that I had a parasite living in my tank. I picked it up with a papertowel and put it in a cup of water from the tank. I couldn't believe it when I got a better look and saw that it was a brown spotted 1 1/4 inch loach. The egg must have been sucked into the filter and hatched there. I have two female gold dojo loaches and one male spotted loach. The baby took after his daddy. He is living in a 10 gallon tank until he gets a little bigger. I'm afraid my goldfish would make a snack out of him. I've read that loaches rarely breed in fish tanks so I was pretty excited! :D

I've uploaded a video of my baby loach eating his first bloodworm. He's so cute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-FKirapEkE
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Post by Pywakyt » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:58 am

I know I've never posted pics sorry guys. But pics PLEASE! I love babies!
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Post by Gary Mck » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:22 am

Exactly, Just have to post a pic of this.

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Post by starsplitter7 » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:08 pm

Yes, please post a picture, and congratulations! :)

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congrats

Post by ahmandi2 » Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:30 pm

That's awesome that you found the lil guy!
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Post by chefkeith » Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:32 pm

congrats. I recently set some piles of rocks in the corners of my tanks. I figured that the sand substrate I have is not a good hatching ground for any loach eggs, so I'm hoping the rock piles will give them some shelter and safety.

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Post by starsplitter7 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:20 am

What a cutie, and look at him defending his bloom worm from those nosey Neons. :)

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Post by Crissyloach » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:42 am

Awww...so cute. :D

Our lfs has some new kuhli loaches. They are tiny!!! They squirm away on the gravel, and they are about an inch.....so cute. They are not even 1/2 of a cm (up and down) while they are on the gravel. :)

The little striatas are soooooo cute. They are also and inch. They love swimming over the little piece of driftwood in their tank. :)
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Current betta count...Too many. :P

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Post by starsplitter7 » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:57 am

I have three 1" striatas and they are seriously cute.

But I can't imagine how ciool it would be to find a baby loach in the tank. :) And a Dojo at that.

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Post by sorce » Sat Nov 06, 2010 10:27 am

How big are your dojo's? And how do you know which is female?
I have a regular 6-7 inches and a golden about 4-5 inches.
I read something about the fins being different shapes, wondering at what size this is noticable.

Congrats, Thanks
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Post by Crissyloach » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:14 am

Yes it would be cool to find a little loachy -or any fish- in your tank. :P
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Post by chuzzv » Sat Nov 06, 2010 12:23 pm

sorce wrote:How big are your dojo's? And how do you know which is female?
I have a regular 6-7 inches and a golden about 4-5 inches.
I read something about the fins being different shapes, wondering at what size this is noticable.

Congrats, Thanks
My male is 6" and the females are both 5". I read that the males have longer pectoral fins. My male has super long pectoral fins and the other two have fairly short fins so I'm hoping that I'm right. I at least know I do have a male and a female.

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Post by Gary Mck » Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:17 pm

The video is very cool, looks like he is eating a "hotdog" rather than a blood worm ;-) He is tiny!

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Post by Crissyloach » Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:15 am

It does :lol:
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Post by loachmom » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:46 am

Congrats!!! That's really great! Thanks for sharing! :)
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