o ok i never knew that, but i dont think it was shock to water we had them for 3+ yrs :S hmmmmm

thanks for that

thankyou everyone for your replies and interest XD
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i have two loaches stripe and spotthey love hiding and playing in the bubbles

I had a weather louch and was suprised at the size it got but it wouldnt leave my fish alone.

aww what type are they??? yeah mine love playing in the bubble too hehe
they sound cute

why what was it doing to the other fish? lol and how big did it get :P

It always seem to hang around the gill area and some times use to almost try and get in behind the gills. Of which my fish did not apreciate. I think it was a good 6/7 inches long. Its a while back now so hard to judge on inches by your thumb.

hehehe they're funny fish aren't they:P they seem to love playing :P
yeah mine are around that size now so yeah they do get pretty big
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i adore khuli loaches! i recently bought 2 last month, 1 succumbed to the ick diesease, the other hides in my castle. he pokes his little head out every once in a while to check things out. thats the only reason i know he is still alive . lol i love to watch them swim. once my tank is clear of ick. i will be getting more of these.

hehe sounds cute XD
im glad to hear that :P

i think ther cute lil fish :P


o and i found out an interestingfact everyone :P wetaher loaches are also called pencil catfish and their relatives include the dreaded fish which enters people's ureatha
scary huh
they're still my favourite fish
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These might intrest you? the avaerage lifespan of fish...

Adolfos Cory - 5 years
Angelfish - 10+ years
Apistogramma - 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish - 5 years
Armored Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark - 10 years
Bandit Cory - 5 years
Banjo Cat - 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Black Neon Tetra - 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra - 5 years
Black Shark - 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra - 5 years
Black Widow Tetra - 5 years
Blackfin Cory - 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra - 5 years
Blindcave Fish - 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra - 10+ years
Blue Gourami - 4 years
Boesman Rainbow - 5 years
Bronze Cory - 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish - 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra - 4 years
Cherry Barb - 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami - 4 years
Clown Loach - 15+ years
Columbian Tetra - 5 years
Congo Tetra - 5 years
Convict - 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra - 5 years
Discus - 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach - 10 years
Dwarf Gourami - 4 years
Emperor Tetra - 6 years
Festivum - 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer - 5 years
Firemouth - 10 to 15 years
Frontosa - 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio - 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish - 8 years
Glassfish - 8 years
Glowlight Tetra - 5 years
Goldfish - 10 to 30 years
Guppy - 3 to 5 years
Harlequin - 6 years
Hatchetfish - 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis - 10 years
Honey Gourami - 4 years
Jack Dempsey - 10 to 18 years
Jordan's Catfish - 10+ years
Killifish - 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami - 5 years
Lemon Tetra - 5 years
Leopard Danio - 5 to 7 years
Leporinus - 5+ years
Livingstoni - 10+ years
Midas Cichlid - 15+ years
Mollie - 4 years
Moonlight Gourami - 4 years
Neon Rainbow - 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Oscar - 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus - 5 years
Pacu - 10 years
Pearl Danio - 5 years
Pearl Gourami - 4 years
Pictus Catfish - 8 years
Piranha - 10 years
Platy - 3 to 5 years
Pleco - 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish - 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark - 4 to 10 years
Rams - 4 years
Rasboras - 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra - 5 years
Red Rainbow - 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish - 15 years
Redtail Shark - 8 years
Rosy Barb - 5 years
Royal Pleco - 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra - 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra - 5 years
Severum - 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar - 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra - 5 years
Swordtails - 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid - 10+ years
Tiger Barb - 6 years
Tigerfish - 5 years
Tinfoild Barb - 10 years
Upside Down Catfish - 5 years
Weather Loach - 10 years
Whiptail - 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow - 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid - 10+ years
Zebra Danio - 5 years

The best way to clear Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifilis) or more commonly known as White spot, is to raise the temperature to around 85 F, for around 2 weeks, this can (as long as the fish arnt to bad with white spot) clear it up, but if its a bad case of white spot you can also treat with medication available from most pet shops. good luck and i hope it clears up quickly.

Got to agree with you Hayley, loaches are a great addiction to a tank, although i currently dont have any, only had my new tank set up about 6 months, with the current stock being, 4 x Angel fish, 2 x Kribensis (already bred about 6 times) 5 x Bristelnose plecs, 30 Neons, and 2 Whiptails (Royals) also just bred started of with approx 120 eggs but only about 50 hatched. but due to the fact that they are very lazy fish they are hard to get feeding (well serching for food) so loseing a few each day , just waiting for the rest of the residants to pair up with each other ( apart from the Neons obviously lol) so i can swap and change things around, then once i have pairs i can think about getting some oddballs in there, (oh nearly forgot about the shrimps that are in there aswell)

Here are the Kribs and Whiptails..

Kribs..



Whiptails..

thanks tht was really interesting
i knew my clown loaches died of old age XD
i still have one

and those whiptails r cute XD
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