Where can I find Khuli Loaches?

[tripwater]

Hello, new here. I have a 40 gallon planted aquarium and have been looking to put a handful of these little guys in it for some time. Right about the time I became interested in these fish, they can not be found. None of the LFS have them or can get them, I did a search to try and find some online to order and have shipped and all I get are results describing what a Khuli loach is.

Can any of you turn me on to a reputable or trustworthy place to get these fish?

Thank you for your time.

[bullisbm]

Try here.

http://www.franksaquarium.com/brookstreamloaches.htm

[starsplitter7]

Where do you live? What country?

What other fish do you have in the tank?

[tripwater]

I live in Atlanta, Georgia USA

And I have one small black loach, 2 small spotted(leopard) puffers.

Thanks for the link!

[bullisbm]

Small black loach??? Do you know what it is?

What size tank do you have?

[Joe Khul]

Well, up here in WI I go to Aquatics Unlimited. Not sure if they ship, but they are the only supplier of viable Kuhli's around here. My standard shop wont carry them any more do to a series of poor stock from their normal suppliers. Aquatics might ship them. This is their site:

http://www.bestfish.com/

Hope this helps a bit.

Mike

[tripwater]

Small black loach??? Do you know what it is?

What size tank do you have?

IT is an eel like (serpentine) loach that is very small about 3 inches and black or dark grey. I have had it for about 2 years now. The LFS had it labeled as a black khuli loach

My tank is a 40 gallon planted as mentioned before.

[zmo63]

Hi tripwater, I'm in atlanta too

It's a hunt to try to find kuhlis in atlanta. I've found them at Petco in Buckhead, Petsmart in Edgewood, Pets Unlimited in Smyrna, and, most recently, Fish Store & More in it's new Roswell location. Fish Store & More had them in for their grand reopening a couple of months back, and they all died within a week. I think they realize they don't have a proper setup to care for them, so I doubt they'll be stocking them any more. They'd probably order some for you, but I wouldn't recommend buying any kuhlis that had not survived at least a week or two in-store before you get them. They just always seem to die.

I actually just bought some from Franks Aquarium, which bullisbm mentioned above. They're doing great, and I'm sad I didn't order more.

[starsplitter7]

Recently, I have been finding Kuhlies in feeder tanks at PetSupermarket. I don't remember if those stores were in Atlanta. Often I get them for free because the store doesn't have a sale price for them and has no idea what they are. When these have been Pangio oblanga (black Kuhlies) I have had a 50% success rate with them. Often they have been various "eel Kuhlies", and I have had 100% success with them.

I have also seen Pangio Oblanga for sale at Petsmart for $1.60 in Tampa. The funny thing is that out of 5 Oblanga I got, 2 were eel Kuhlies instead. The sales people had no idea. I did show them how to tell the difference.