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Good news, I caught all 3 of them out this morning, just for a few seconds. I had to blink and re-count. Then #3, once he realized someone was watching, vanished. All look healthy, thank goodness.

The tall stuff in front is supposed to be Pygmie Chain Sword or some other kind of micro sword.

Thanks for the replies and compliments. I gave the stump a little shaking when I did my last plant trim and nothing emerged, though I know the 2 live ones were inside. I'll be a little more vigorous next water change and see if anything dead or alive comes out the bottom. Just moving the stump stirr...

Howdy, I'm paranoid and dealing with my first loaches. Any insight would be welcome. 3 weeks ago I purchased 3 Botia kubotai http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-kubotai an put them in a 10 gallon QT tank. They only stayed there for a week, 5 days to be exact, and I went ahead and put them in ...