Loaches Online Forum

140 liters is pretty close to 37 American gallons, or 30 Imperial gallons. A tank that is 4' x 1' will be about 14" in the other direction. This is way too small for Clown Loaches. These fish can grow to a foot long, though this takes some time. They need plenty of space for their territory, too. W...

Hi thanks for reply the water has been tested a few times recently at our local tropical fish center, always comes back good, they always say the tank is plenty big enough but I am unsure now after reading these comments, our Loaches are 3 inches and our younsters 1 inch. The plec is around 7 inches...

Thank you for all replies, we have dont some more reserch and it seems it was greying! apparently they dual and lock mouths to determine dominant ifsh and this can leave their mouths looking damaged, in answer to question about tank and the mouth was gaping open and feelers pointing straight out rat...

Pet shop reckons he could have something stcuk in his mouth, ie gravel and to net him and try to remove with tweezers! has anyone tried this?

:( Hi I have a 4 foot tank which we think we keep in good order and do a 50-60% water change every week, we alway use the tetra safe treatment each time we do a water change, anyway one of our loaches (we have 3 adults and 3 younsters) has been sick for around a week 10 days! he first lost his colou...