Loaches Online Forum

Thanks everyone for your insights. My job has been kicking my butt, so I havent looked at the forum for a while. I have a few questions for the experts. Graeme, thanks for the awseome picture. Looks like my 'big loach.' How big do they get? Why do I have one big one and the other two are not growing...

That getting stuck story was funny. I can totally see it. Silly fish. On the hiding - when mine were new, I "lost" one. Not wanting a spoiled tank, I went on a search and found it under a rock, in the gravel, limp and pale...but very much alive. Another time, after a water change, I was putting the ...

Hmph. Sorry to hear about your fish. I used Rid-ich, too, along with the water changes, and it worked. It suppose we could figure it out if we took water type, fishes, how long ich was present, temperatre and gazillion other things. When I first got ich (I've only been keeping fish since 2001) I tri...

I would say, get an ich medication. Walmart should have it. If they don't go to petsmart, a store like that, or a fish store. Water change, water change, water change. During treatment, do a water change every day for at least a week. Clean the bottom (one of the forms of the ich life cycle land on ...

I have had 3 botia modesta for about a year. Their behavior is fascinating. I am looking for stories of their antics, just for grins. I am new to the world of forums, so if I break any rules, forgive me. Here are a few facts about mine: --55-gallon planted tank, since 2002. --One of my fish is big -...