Khuli Loach

[pieman]

Are the supposed to completly submerge themselves under the substrate (mine being gravel).

Mine looked as if he was strugeling to move so i moved a piece of gravel and he turned around and under he goes.

 

[Bloo]

That doesn't sound right. They do sometimes in sand (but only a little), but gravel would be too harsh for them Do you have any fish he might consider a predator ?

 

[pieman]

Hmm well I have some Black Widow tetras and some Neon tetras, and a small ancistrus, but it may be because he was only put in the tank this morning, one of the 3 loaches is swiming around fast and happily.

Btw there are 3 of the loaches all between 4 and 5 cm.

What are the chances of these breeding providing there are lots of hiding places.

Bogwood question : How long does it need to soak for?

 

[BigIan]

Loaches may crawl under one or two pieces of large stone, and my try to bury them selves in gravel without much luck. keep an eye on him i`ve seen a few of them doing it...

And it depends on the size of the piece of wood, i soaked my 2 pieces of mopani for the best part of 2 weeks before adding them to my tank and they still released a little tannis into the watter (all cleared up with some fresh carbon in the filter )

simply stick it in a bucket and change the water every day untill when you tip the water out it looks clear

 

[pieman]

I heard that it just depends on whether or not you like the colour it changes your water to.

 

[BigIan]

indeed the tannis dosent harm your fish in any way its present in the water theat most tropical fish come from...

However if you want a pink aquarium its up to you...

 

[pieman]

Oh, I thought it turned it a brown shade not pink!

I think I'll let it lie

 

[BigIan]

my tank went a nice pink colour....


looked great with the nice blue background