loaches

[christinap]

My sister gave me her 10 gal that had 2 loaches in it, she moved and needed to get rid of it, so she gave it to me *twirlysmi *twirlysmi *twirlysmi

ok, she said she just feeds them flakes

Questions are

1. What flakes? Tropical like I feed my guppies?

2. Will the eat the guppy fry? I have my 4 in there, but used a net to half the tank, the guppy fry alone, and my female in a second breeder net so they don't get eaten, and the loaches on the other side. Just wanted to make sure they wouldn't bother my fry before I let up the net and let them mix

 

[homebunnyj]

What kind of loaches?

 

[christinap]

I have no idea.

They're both about 3 inches long, brown, look like little snakes

 

[Fuzz16]

o black kuhlii loaches!?!

like him minus the fuzzy stuff on the tail (only pic i had of one)

 

[bigredspecial]

Sounds like black kuhli to me... in that case, your fry will be fine, and you should feed them sinking tablets. They will eat flakes, but not untill they sink.

 

[IDunnoWhy]

My loaches will eat just about anything that will sink down to them (although my Dojo will feed at the top from time to time).

I feed sinking algae wafer (Hikari Brand) they seem to like those. I also feed flake food to my Tetras, and the loaches eat whats left. I have found if you hold some Tubifex worm cubes or Brine shrimp cubes underwater till they soak up and sink, they really, really like those.

 

[christinap]

That's what he looks like

Sorry, I know not the best of pictures

 

[bigredspecial]

Yeap, that's a black kuhli. I have had three for over 4 years now, very interesting fish.

 

[Fuzz16]

yep black kuhlii loach

feed them algae wafers, mine like brine shrimp
theyll eat anything that falls to the bottom

 

[christinap]

Thanks, I split an algae wafer in half and MAN can those things swim......lol

I took the divider up and so far they've left the fry alone. Still have big mama in the net tho.

 

[bigredspecial]

Don't worry about the Loaches, they're perfectly harmless with fry. Keep the mother away though, she isn't so safe around them.