Baby Kuhlie Loach!

[n3ont3tra]

So, after doing my weekly water change, I happened to glance at my under gravel filter and saw an eel like thing about 1 inch long swimming up and down against the bubbles. Upon closer examination, I realized it was indeed a baby black kuhlie loach! I now have 4 black kuhlie loaches in my tank, possibly more! I took the charcoal filter part off of my undergravel filter so that if any more baby kuhlies get there they'll be free. What amazes me is the size of the kuhlie, and how long they've probably gone without food. It made me so happy when I saw the face with the tiny barbels, and it just swam off under a rock with the other three adult kuhlies. It was the last species I expected to see babies from, considering I have platies (livebearers), and panda cories (supposedly one of the easiest species of cories to breed).

I can't get pics due to the behavior of the kuhlies, cause they always hide under rocks. I am getting sand this weekend, though, so I'll remove the undergravel filter and see if I find anything other than gunk.

 

[millym]

congrats what a lovely surprise....................................it always amazes me how khulis hide for months then just when you think theyre long dead & gone they'll make an appearance, but even better to find a new arrival whos obviously been there for a while thriving!

 

[penguin22]

Wow well done I think its pretty hard to breed khulis even if you are trying to.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Congratulations ! You know you just gotta be doing something right when fish like khuli loachs breed .

 

[tropicman]

OMGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELLL DONE IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU

 

[n3ont3tra]

Lol, thanks. I just want to know, are they hard to breed?

 

[tropicman]

errrr yeh well done

 

[n3ont3tra]

Thanks. I guess... your first post kind of freaked me out, lol





(Just kidding)

 

[helterskelter]

I breed them but got now fry to hatch though, females are massive getting over 4" in sive and about 6-8 times thinker then a male fish.
the belly goe's a bright green colour due to all the eggs in her belly which are them self bright green.

But to breed is very difficualt and an amazing feat to do.

Also they can live for months in a UGF due the fact the their is quite a lot of wast material for them to feed on there.

 

[n3ont3tra]

That's so cool! It's pretty ironic too. I don't even have sand. Just big gravel.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Okay, I switched to sand today, and so I have to move all of my fish, and I counted THREE baby kuhlies! Yayness!

 

[ICEEGRL]

They like the undergravle filters. I have heard of alot of people that have found little ones under them, and when they took them out they didn't get any more until they put them back in. Then they started breeding again.