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Strong marble loaches!!

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:27 pm
by Beowulf
Decided to clean my large Eheim today and what do I find inside? Two marble loaches and 4 young kribs!! I got these loaches as a group of 6 on sale on boxing day. I noticed about 2-3 weeks later I was down to four and thought that 2 had died and been eaten by the other fish in the community tank. To my surprise they have been hanging out in the filter since then!!

They were a little skittish at first and I could seen some muscle loss as they had trouble swimming at first but within 15 minutes they were rocketing around the tank, happy it would seem to be free!!

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:50 pm
by Graeme Robson
Good to hear all is well!! 8)

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:20 pm
by palaeodave
Marble loach?

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:23 pm
by Graeme Robson
palaeodave wrote:Marble loach?
One of the many common names for the Botia kubotai, Dave. :wink:

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:04 pm
by brett_fishman
i LOVE kubotai!!

any idea how they got into the filter?

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:13 pm
by Beowulf
Ya sorry Kubotai.

They were not that small when I got them but I am guessing they got sucked into the intake. On my fry tanks I have sponges of the intakes but now I guess I will add them to the filters in the community tanks.

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:39 pm
by mistergreen
The filter is the only safe place for them right?
If they're out in the general population, they have no chance.

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:31 pm
by palaeodave
Ah right, hadn't heard that one before. Lee's histies used to occasionally disappear into the internal filter in his old juwel. It was only when we dismantled the tank to set up a new one that we discovered a very skinny individual that we assumed has died long before!

Good job you found them when you did. Surprising they can live in there for as long really...

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:33 am
by crazy loaches
brett_fishman wrote:
any idea how they got into the filter?
Probably something like this: http://www.schmerlen.de/video/histrion-out1.avi (a movie clip wasserscheu found and posted a while back)

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:44 pm
by palaeodave
I love that video.