Please identify my loaches

[NancyD]

O.K. then I"LL go OT & ask why you measure conductivity. I never saw anyone give that # before, is it more a saltwater thing? I do not want to have to test for anything more , I'm pretty casual now unless there's a problem since it's always about the same. Just curious. Cute fish BTW & nice pics of beautiful loaches,Martin, as usual.
Nancy

[angelfish83]

You use a conductivity meter. They're a couple hundred dollars.

[sophie]

conductivity basically tells you how impure your water is; it's a bit like measuring hardness. though only a bit. the less (fewer?) dissolved things in the water, the lower the conductivity.

more info than you want:
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http://kywater.org/ww/ramp/rmcond.htm

[NancyD]

Thanks, guess I won't be doing that test.

[newshound]

Here is a very emaciated lace loach


what do you think???

Thanks though

okay I have a couple of small guys like this that came with my histies.
Histronica or other?

[angelfish83]

Hey ya thats pretty much exactly what happened to me but a friend took the historonicas cuzz she wanted some too and I thought more would come in *sob**

so looks like we have "false burmese loaches" hehehe.

Or we keep getting screwy patterned Kubotai???

Im glad Im not the only one though

[angelfish83]

Thanks, guess I won't be doing that test.

I dont own one but I know someone who has one who tests my water for me