Loaches Online Forum

Hello again,Mick thats exactly how my loaches look and when they catch the light right they are really shiney. So i did my 2nd dose of meds last night and still the scratching.Looking at your pic loaches can have a gold look so i guess i better stop treating for velvet and start with( i have waterli...

I tried in vain to get some pics but a combination of an old camera and camera shy fish made for bad pics! I tried using a flash light with lights off to see what they looked like (the flash light being blue/white) and round back of head and there underside still showed gold like but a metalic shine...

Hi loach fans, i was wondering if anyone has dwarf loaches and if so do they have a yellowish gold shiny tint to them? Mine have but always seem to have (i think) they seem fine although i have seen occasional scratching in them and also a couple of other species. This tank was treat for velvet a mo...

Hello chemguy i've got dwarf loaches in my tank i have about 15 endlers fry n the DL's don't bother them.I had two adult pond snails in my tank before i added the DL's and they are too big for them to bother them,however they breed constantly i can always see there eggs in tank somewhere and ive yet...

Mark,i wonder if the rasboras had anything to do with it,i think they used to share the same habitats in thailand up until all the sids disapeared.Maybe not ,just a thought!

Congrats again and great pics.When i first came to this site asking about sids breeding i never new i'd stumble into such a momentous occasion

Well i had an idea sids breeding was rare due to the lack of info about it but didn't realise it was to this extent so a congratulations is in order. Cheers emma for reply on almond leaves i searched net for info on them and got linked back here to a pic MD took of some he bought on ebay. We have ho...

Oh i forgot to ask 7 shredded indian almond leaves? A kind of aquatic plant or something used for cooking And where do you get them i may give it a try!

Wow cheers for replys especially mad duff i know a bit more about my sids now! As my sids matured i'd noticed behaviour change didn't know if they having some kind of courtship or summat and when searched net for info on them breeding nobody knew,so thanks again this is the first time i've had my qu...

Hi all this my first post so hello to everyone :) I've got quite a few questions so bare with me! First of all does anyone know anything about their breeding behaviour? The egg size,what they look like. How many eggs? Is it common for them to breed in captivaty? Whre do they lay eggs? Also what trig...