Loaches Online Forum

Hi, I have recently rescued a tank full of fish, due to the fact the filter had not been working for a while and due to ill health maintenace had not been carried out, I want to treat the fish for worms as some are looking skinny and have stringy poo. However there are some chain loach in the group,...

Not a great picture but they are growing

They are in a 400l tank which is only half filled with water, there is no artificial lighting in the tank as its in the conservatory, I usually run an uv on the tank, but as I thought there was no chance of any fry it was removed and used on another tank. I am thrilled I have seen a golden baby :) I...

They are just over 6 weeks old now and around 1 1/2"

Lovely meeting you today Mark , as promised my e-mail is l.duggan1@blueyonder.co.uk if you have any other questions and I will keep in touch to let you know how the gang are getting on

I have left the back and part of the sides covered in algae and left a couple of the bits of wood also, which is allowing insects to land and lay eggs in the water (and on the wood). Seeing the fry is so difficult though as the tank is so dark, but the food I am putting in is dissapearing and regula...

Hi I am in Solihull Birmingham, I already have a group of 5 clowns slightly larger than yours, I would happily offer them a home. They are at the moment in a 300l tank with other fish, but I have plans on moving them all to a larger tank that I have, unfortunately my weather loach spawned and the fr...

I have now got them on some small sinking granule feed and crushed flake. Their tank I abandoned and it was thick in algae (never expected fry plus other things going on I just left the tank with the filter running) the tank is situated in the conservatory and the lid is half open leaving frying ins...

I dont know how anyone can think they are creepy either, one of my first fish as a child was a weather loach lol. They are adorable

The male came with a tank I bought, the female came from a friend who hated her, she thought she was creepy. I have had the male around a year now, the female about 6 months. I am in Birmingham, England

I did see them spawn :) I was about to close down my coldwater tank, the other fish had all gone leaving the male & female weather loach. http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr311/star-and-two-comets/032-8.jpg babies are now about 4 weeks old. Unfortunately after reading that spawning & raising weath...

Hi, I have managed to breed my weather loach and have counted 5 fry so far (a bit hard to spot in a 5 ft tank!!) . I am trying to find out if my observations are correct and that the fry primarily feed on algae as I desperately dont want to mess this spawning up :D I am now adding crushed flake to t...