Hello People I Have A Question...

[BWBettas]

well i want to sell my 26 gallon tank and stuff which house 1 sucking loach (he had one big house ) but what iw ould like to know is... could sucking loaches survive in coldwater?

 

[bunjiweb]

yes, they should be able to survive in an indoor coldwater tank fine as long as there is good filteration. I have seen shops selling them as coldwater sucking loaches anyway..

Ben

 

[MegTheFish]

Are you talking about Chinese Algea eaters?

 

[BWBettas]

thanks people ill now transfer him in a bag for about an hour or two to me coldwatr so ican clean his tank out

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Don't put him in a tank with other fish though, especially goldfish, as chinese algae eaters are nasty fish most of the time and will attack other fish and suck their slime coats and eye balls out- goldfish just aern't fast enough to have a chance against a CAE.

 

[BWBettas]

it int a algae eater its a sucking loach

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

it int a algae eater its a sucking loach

Sucking loach is just another name commanly given to chinese algae eaters, they are primarily vegetarian but will eat pretty much anything else that comes to mouth.
Look anything like these guys?:

http/images.google.com/images?svnum=10&h...monieri&spell=1

 

[BWBettas]

oo yer sorry in my LFS they have chinese algae eaters look like little round plec things i knwo name of them but i cant remember

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

But does your loach look like the ones in the link?

 

[emma12321]

The ones your LFS has are probably hill stream loaches which are sold under loads of made up names.

 

[@ombomb]

Yep, my LFS sells Hillstream Loaches as "Sucking Loaches" and CAEs as "Gold Sucking Loaches".

If they are hilstream loaches:

Then they are only borderline tropical and will be fine in a unheated tank.