Loaches Online Forum

thank you for the replies. unfortunately the bala did not make it through the night, but all other fish in the tank have been fine. still not sure what went wrong.

Hello all, I think I've posted here before but it's been years and I don't remember. I original found you when I got [supposed - now I am skeptical] angelicus botia or botia kubotai from Petsmart to take care of my snails. Long story short I bought two, went the Levasole route, lost one, replaced hi...

Hello! I posted recently about the two botia kubotai I recently purchased. They have been in a 2.5g QT for almost a month. I really want to move them to my main tank but I also don't want to introduce parasites. When I first got them I started a Levasole treatment as per Shari's instructions, from t...

Ravyn: Thanks for the recommendations! I will keep them in mind when I get my big tank setup and I'm ready to stock it. :D shari2 I have actually read your article a few times (well, I should say skimmed =X) which is what got me interested in the levamisole hcl initially. I managed to grab the VERY...

LUVaLOACH: The loaches look pretty healthy but everything I have read about loaches (especially kubotai) is that, since they are wild-caught, they often have parasites so it's better to go ahead and treat for parasites while they are still in QT, as a failsafe and so you don't potentially introduce...

Thank you all for the wonderful advice! :D I am currently looking for a good source of levamisole hcl. I am worried that my local farm supply store will not carry it so I might have to order it online somewhere. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be wonderful. (; For Praziquantel, I found Pra...

Unfortunately, the only heater I could find that wasn't too big for that tank, was one of the ones you can't set the temperature on. It supposedly stays at 78 degrees, but every time I check the thermometer it reads about 80 degrees. I would have liked to raise the temperature otherwise, since I've ...

Hello all! I have a few questions about the Botia Kubotai regarding parasites and how to properly QT them. After a disaster a month or so ago with two clown loaches that I did not QT which ended up bring ich over...and I was lucky enough to not lose a single one of my other fish...I came to the conc...