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Peppermint Loach

Post by rebeccafishy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:53 am

Hi,
I've located some Peppermint Loach online and I've been told they have similar personalities to Dojos but in a smaller size. So I was wondering if anyone had information on this Loach. I really want to know what temperature they have to be kept at. As I am planning a subtropical tank (roughly 22c temp) and I'm looking for a smaller alternative to the Weather Loach, as I've been told that my three foot tank is too small for Weather Loaches. :( I've also been told that Weather Loaches are a bad idea with Peppered Cory Cats, as they are too big and the Cory Cats won't get enough food.
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by bookpage » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:02 pm

Is the fish you are talking about?

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=18211

Could not find anything else about them.
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by bookpage » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:07 pm

Maybe this is the one you are asking about:

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/tr ... ys-pulcher
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by starsplitter7 » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:28 pm

Do you mean pepper loaches? They look like Dojos but are smaller and have different requirements.

I have kept dojos and cories together for years with no problems. Dojos are like keeping sweet puppies. :)

I found pepper loaches to be shyer than weathers
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by rebeccafishy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:40 pm

starsplitter7 wrote:Do you mean pepper loaches? They look like Dojos but are smaller and have different requirements.
Um, I'm not sure. :oops:

Their scientific name is Traccatichthys taeniatus.
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by rebeccafishy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:46 pm

starsplitter7 wrote: I have kept dojos and cories together for years with no problems. Dojos are like keeping sweet puppies. :)
That's hopeful then. :)
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by rebeccafishy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:51 pm

bookpage wrote:Is the fish you are talking about?

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=18211

Could not find anything else about them.

Yes that's them! :D

I just need to know if they won't freeze to death in my tank, lol. The temperature will be about 20c to 23c.
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by bookpage » Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:02 pm

http://www.fishbase.gr/summary/speciess ... p?id=60228


A tropical climate is a type of weather typical of the tropics . The widely recognized classification of Wladimir Köppen Peter defines it as weather does not aggregate in the twelve months have temperatures average above 18 ° C .

I also found this: http://wwdhosting.com/traccatichthys-taeniatus.jpg
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Re: Peppermint Loach

Post by rebeccafishy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:05 pm

Oh, thank you so much bookpage!

I think you've just made my day. :D The only bit that worries me now is in the second link it used the words 'fairly peaceful' but it did say they ignore other fish. Hopefully that includes cory cats!

It's strange that the site they are actually for sale on doesn't mention the temperature.
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