Loaches Online Forum

Posted on another forum and one possible ID suggested (beside S. mahnerti) was the unidentified Schistura sp. 'Red Tail', imported from India to at least UK (no infos, if any came to USA or not), but seems nothing else known about them. Here is the best photo, that I have taken of one of my loaches ...

Yes I saw that page. Mine look all 3 species and none - especially when you look at individual/regional variation. Despite the slight colour difference of one of mine, I think, that all 3 are the same species based on behavior and various small details like fin colouration/form. Mine have very indis...

I bought 3 loaches for my N Indian hillstream biotope at a LFS, after I search without success for zipper loaches everywhere else. They were sold as Acanthocobitis botia. I look at the internet and they are definitely not this species, and not really look like any other Acanthocobitis sp. either. I ...

I looked at Koralia powerheads without manifold, but decided not to, because I wanted unidirectional flow with no backflow and a manifold seemed best way to achieve this. I have 2 powerheads, because that was recommended for better flow and I have seen used with 40g breeder tanks of same length. I c...

New member here! Want to share progress of my 55g Himalayan rivertank setup. It bases on the biotope of the Teesta/Tista River in NE India. It has no fish at moment, because it still cycles. PVC pipe manifold built by me, with 2 Aquaclear 70 powerheads and Eheim 2217 filter. As for loaches, will pro...