Loaches Online Forum

they are from 9-11 inches.

chefkeith wrote:icewall42- The loaches look great.


chen- Probably because the fish are not stunted. The water quality must be pretty good if they've grown that big. The tank might look too small for the large clowns, but the tank doesn't appear to be over stocked.

I wonder why no one commented about the small tank...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9fAKaYGiEM

Anyone knows how?mine doesnt seem to touch them.

Thanks.

Hello all Recently my clowns had skinny problem again..and the usual medications which i used last time(azoo antiendoparasites), couldnt be found. I went to the pharmacy and got myself albendazole.Anyone here used it before? I also went to the vet and found praziquantel, but it is not in pure form.i...

Sorry to here that some of the clowns aren't doing well. Are you doing anything to treat them? yea. :( Now i dosed my tank with antibiotics..and next week, will use the deworm-er meds. i dont think it is caused by worms this time but bacterial infection..only 2 of them are not eating and started to...

Hey ckk, ok on a non substrate tank but turtles?? :P :P :P How old and how long is that big Botia on 3rd and 4th photo? Marcos This is a temporary tank before i shift them to a 5 feet tank.. I dont know how old..but at least 11 inches long. Lots of problem with wild caught large loaches..2 of them ...

goodness....the loaches look weird....

hello all.. it is been awhile since i updated some photos of them.. Sorry about the poor photos as the only lighting i have right now is the sunlight. This tank is without substrate as im shifting them in to a new 5x2x2 tank in a few months time. Comments are welcomed.:) First of all...Good night. :...

wow...

my large clowns simply wouldn't take pellets..

Any advice?

hello! im from ipoh as well...

nice loaches!

Chens are the ones with the bright finnage which I thought where the Borneo var. and Emmas the Sumataran. The girth and overall head shape differ but after seeing the snubnose var I am just thinking Chens 2 large are male.Purely a guess Those 2 large ones are males....they'll fight almost everyday....

What's with the bare bottom? Water quality problem. :( Looking good, Chen. Cool Do you know where abouts these came from originally? Every time I see them, I can see such a vast difference in head shape to my large clown loaches. I think you have quite a few males there, and even compared to my mal...

Tinman wrote:The one with the split stripes seems to take the damage. Which was added first. These where similar in size to each and added at different times right? Are they both male? they do seem slender and long...just conjecture...

yea..split stripes guy was added later....both similiar size.