Loaches Online Forum

Well, I did a little asking around at my LFS and took all your advice and came up with the following that I did yesterday: 1 - fished out 1 dead loach (sad, was a 5 year old) 2 - removed all plants and hidey-holes except for 1 cave the remaining 4 could fit in 3 - did a 40% water change and complete...

I'll try that now. Just wonder if there's any medication that's loach-safe. In the past I've always used 1/4 or 1/2 recommended doses to treat ick, so I followed the same rule with the antibiotics. I also have PimaFix and MelaFix and doing 1/4 dose daily, but not sure if it's having any effect. Any ...

Hi there! I have a 60 gal freshwater tank containing 6 clown loaches, all about 6 years old. I recently had a baby, so neglected the water quality until GASP I lost one of my guys to fin rot last week. I did a 25% water change daily for a week, and hit them with 1/4 ose of Tetracycline and Melafix u...