Loach ID please (updated pic of B. dario)
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Loach ID please (updated pic of B. dario)
Hi,
Today I visited a lfs with my daughter. As we were leaving she noticed a loach all alone in a tank of about 30 guppies. It looked so forlorn and skinny that I bought it. Now, I'm not sure what it is. I think either a B. dario or B. histrionica .
He has been eating like a little pig since I put him in QT. Tomorrow I'll start a course of levamisole. I hope he'll like living with my 5 kubotai once he's through QT. The store owner said that he had been there for a long time.
The first picture is right after I put him in the tank, and the second picture is his full belly after a good feeding.
Thanks for any help.
Today I visited a lfs with my daughter. As we were leaving she noticed a loach all alone in a tank of about 30 guppies. It looked so forlorn and skinny that I bought it. Now, I'm not sure what it is. I think either a B. dario or B. histrionica .
He has been eating like a little pig since I put him in QT. Tomorrow I'll start a course of levamisole. I hope he'll like living with my 5 kubotai once he's through QT. The store owner said that he had been there for a long time.
The first picture is right after I put him in the tank, and the second picture is his full belly after a good feeding.
Thanks for any help.
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He is an odd looking thing, I'll admit. I just rechecked my measurement, and my earlier estimate of 2.25"TL is just about right. He's at least 2"TL.
I think he's nearly starved. The owner was sprinkling fish food in the tanks when I was there. I was glad to see that he was feeding the fish. However, for a bottom feeder like this loach to compete with a tank full of hungry guppies is asking a bit much.
This loach has a tremendous appetite, and he's a fiesty little bugger. There are some cories in with him for QT, and he won't let them anywhere near his food.
Here's a picture from a few minutes ago.
Thanks for your input, Martin and OneWay.
Your fish looks so much better than mine, OneWay. I hope mine colors up soon.
I think he's nearly starved. The owner was sprinkling fish food in the tanks when I was there. I was glad to see that he was feeding the fish. However, for a bottom feeder like this loach to compete with a tank full of hungry guppies is asking a bit much.
This loach has a tremendous appetite, and he's a fiesty little bugger. There are some cories in with him for QT, and he won't let them anywhere near his food.
Here's a picture from a few minutes ago.
Thanks for your input, Martin and OneWay.
Your fish looks so much better than mine, OneWay. I hope mine colors up soon.
Well oddly enough, last night I observed one of my +3" darios get flushed from a hidy hole right before lights out. I think he was sleeping and got scared by something. The coloration suprized me because it was identical to yours. This is the first time I have seen one "paled out". So the coloration might be due to stress, lighting, or just a method of trying to "blend in" the surrounding substrate. However, his color returned to normal within a minute, so fast I almost missed it.loachmom wrote:He is an odd looking thing, I'll admit. I just rechecked my measurement, and my earlier estimate of 2.25"TL is just about right. He's at least 2"TL.
I think he's nearly starved. The owner was sprinkling fish food in the tanks when I was there. I was glad to see that he was feeding the fish. However, for a bottom feeder like this loach to compete with a tank full of hungry guppies is asking a bit much.
This loach has a tremendous appetite, and he's a fiesty little bugger. There are some cories in with him for QT, and he won't let them anywhere near his food.
Here's a picture from a few minutes ago.
Thanks for your input, Martin and OneWay.
Your fish looks so much better than mine, OneWay. I hope mine colors up soon.
I found mine love small crevices to hide in,, they squeeze themselves into spots I find unbelievable. I am lucky if I can see a tail sticking out. It took me near 3 weeks to count all 6 of my small darios. I normally could only count 5 max.
He is looking better and if he is eating like a hog then that sounds great. Good luck with your little guy, they are a fun species.
OneWay
Thanks Ashleigh I'm glad I found him, too.
That's interesting, piggy4. I'm curious now to see what he's going to look like later. I also have some questions about how he's going to behave in a tank that has kuhlis in it. He'll also have kubotai with him, too. The reason I ask is because he's in a QT right now with cories, and he's being a real pain to them, snipping at them. I hope that he'll be better behaved when he has the kubotai to interact with. Or will he be a menace in my tank?
OneWay, your post reminded me that I should give him some better hiding spots. For the time being, I pushed his PVC pipe up against the back wall to make a tighter spot for him to squeeze into. Tomorrow, I'll find him a coconut shell or something.
In my big loach tank, my kubotai are always squeezing into the smallest cracks in their big piece of driftwood. I also have lots of coconut caves for them, too.
Thanks for the input
That's interesting, piggy4. I'm curious now to see what he's going to look like later. I also have some questions about how he's going to behave in a tank that has kuhlis in it. He'll also have kubotai with him, too. The reason I ask is because he's in a QT right now with cories, and he's being a real pain to them, snipping at them. I hope that he'll be better behaved when he has the kubotai to interact with. Or will he be a menace in my tank?
OneWay, your post reminded me that I should give him some better hiding spots. For the time being, I pushed his PVC pipe up against the back wall to make a tighter spot for him to squeeze into. Tomorrow, I'll find him a coconut shell or something.
In my big loach tank, my kubotai are always squeezing into the smallest cracks in their big piece of driftwood. I also have lots of coconut caves for them, too.
Thanks for the input
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