Buenas Loaches

[jewels]

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[mdfa.ca]

Beautiful Kuhlis! Love these guys. How many do you have?

[Kimr]

Yes they are beautiful! I have 3 Khuli's myself in my discus tank and they are so cool to watch!!

[jewels]

How many do you have?
When I got these little guys last spring they were as tiny as dry spaghetti.
The receipt says ten.
I have had a couple ride the big intake to the sky.
So , , , @ least a half dozen
I grabbed the camera as I never see more than one at a time. ( If you click on the middle photo you can spy two in action)
I guess I should be a better parent - I can only differentiate between three of them. One has a sawtooth zebra mark. Tumour♂ there is always easy to spot.

I am sometimes curious if these guys indulge in the odd shrimplette. I intend on putting Kuhlis together with shrimp in a jar one day, , , shake em up like spiders and see whos hungry.
These loaches would make the top ten list of hardest fish to catch - Ya just never see 'em!

:seahorse: :seahorse: :seahorse: :seahorse: :seahorse: I think I need more:seahorse: :seahorse: :seahorse: :seahorse:

[Ursus sapien]

great fish! I used to have the unstriped type, pangio something. Fun fish, very interactive and, well, entertaining

[CACAdmin]

Neat fish. Great shot. That takes patience to get with those loaches.

[bae3]

I had some spawn in a community tank once. I had five in there, but when I took the tank down some years later there were eight. The tank had a thick layer of floating watersprite, and I read that they spawn in floating plants. Amazing that any fry survived. I wouldn't have known they'd spawned except for the count!

[Pamelajo]

These loaches would make the top ten list of hardest fish to catch
I would narrow that down to at least the top 5, I just had to catch 4 last weekend. Pretty much emptied the tank to get them.

I hate snakes or anything snake like, but have always liked these guys.

[jewels]

I would narrow that down to at least the top 5, I just had to catch 4 last weekend. Pretty much emptied the tank to get them.

I hate snakes or anything snake like, but have always liked these guys.


My disapearing fish interupted our house move a couple years back !!

I knew I had two kuhli loaches roaming around in a 30 G planted.
Couldn't find them so I pulled out the plants - still couldn't find 'em so I pulled out the hard scape. Still nowhere to be found after sifting my fingers through the substrate. I eventually drained 'er down to the bitter end , , , the last few drops of the siphon pulled sand and the waterline became below the top of the subsrtate, Still no loaches !!

I give up - its moving day after all :confused:

Across the town we went - put aquarium in place and re-filled.
Two months later there they are, just as happy as pigs in mud !
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Can't find 'em = Can't catch 'em

When my wife pointed these guys out @ the LFS I took one look and said 'no way'
, , , so we only got three:Whip: :Think: :Surrender:

- - - They grow on 'Ya
Had to buy another 10:hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs: :hugs:

[jewels]

I had some spawn in a community tank once. I had five in there, but when I took the tank down some years later there were eight. The tank had a thick layer of floating watersprite, and I read that they spawn in floating plants. Amazing that any fry survived. I wouldn't have known they'd spawned except for the count!


Wow:swoon:
I have only read one other person on the net making that claim- so coming from someone else - I wouldn't have believed it.

I was seeing a lot of interplay/chasing/intertwining that day. I dismissed it as play. Of course my gold barbs would chase and play , , , and I got fry out of that deal.:eek:

I also read about macro pebbles or marbles as integral; as in the other account I read, the aquarist first spotted the wee ones observing from below - through the bottom glass.

What substrate did you have @ the time bae3 ?

[bae3]

I had just ordinary small aquarium gravel for substrate, but the tank was heavily planted and had a lot of rocks and stuff so there were pockets of mulm here and there. I suspect those few surviving fry hid in the mulm until they were less bite-sized. Marbles or large pebbles would give the fry more cover.

Quite possibly these fish spawn a lot more frequently than people think, but the fry don't survive. No idea how big the eggs/fry are or how fast they grow. Maybe the ones that don't get eaten get siphoned out with water changes!

[mdfa.ca]

THat's an interesting idea. You may be right. I am "supposed" to have 7 but can only see 2, 3 max at a time. At least one of them is a female, heavy with eggs. No idea how big their eggs are, but I do know they are supposed to be bright green. My girl's tummy is green:Smile:...

[Ursus sapien]

agree that crawl spaces will shelter the fry and dramatically increase survival. ruble, large gravel pieces, large marbles... anything that stops bigger mouths from following.

[jewels]

Well either I ended up purchasing a pitifull runt back in '09
OR

There is a new kid in the tank. I only caught a quick peep of 'em.

Either I have never seen it before -( actually quite possible)

Or it was born in there.

[Kimr]

congrats!

[CACAdmin]

I'd say it was born there... congrats!