Could i add kuhli loaches to my aquarium?

[Fishies4Ever]

Ah, OK. I can see the issue with botia, sand loaches, and other aggressive, territorial, or boisterous species. Even tiny dwarf chain loaches would probably really stress out the cories. Pangio loaches are so shy that I can't imagine it being an issue. But in a tank this size, I have to agree that adding more cories is a better idea.

For my tank? Because I was going to do kuhli loaches and panda Cory

 

[Byron]

That is a bad combination. Panda cories occur in cool fast-flowing mountain streams. Pangio kuhlii occurs only on Java (Kottelat, 1993; with P. semicinta in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Occurs in slow-moving streams shaded by forest canopy, usually blackwater, and peat swamps. Sand or mud substrates.

 

[Fishies4Ever]

That is a bad combination. Panda cories occur in cool fast-flowing mountain streams. Pangio kuhlii occurs only on Java (Kottelat, 1993; with P. semicinta in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Occurs in slow-moving streams shaded by forest canopy, usually blackwater, and peat swamps. Sand or mud substrates.

Ok thank you. Which should I go for the kuhli or panda Cory’s. It will be a 20 gallon possibly 29 gallon with a betta a school of 6 ember tetras and either the Cory’s or the kuhli’s. How much should I have for whichever and how many ember tetras?

 

[Rocky998]

Ok thank you. Which should I go for the kuhli or panda Cory’s. It will be a 20 gallon possibly 29 gallon with a betta a school of 6 ember tetras and either the Cory’s or the kuhli’s. How much should I have for whichever and how many ember tetras?

If you're doing a community tank, scratch the betta completely. Don't do it.
Between cories and kuhlis, that's all on whichever you like more really. But I would research further into the needs of whichever you choose and set up the bottom of the tank how they like

 

[anewbie]

very few people if any have 'fast flowing' river like condition at the bottom of their aquarums....

 

[Fishmanic]

very few people if any have 'fast flowing' river like condition at the bottom of their aquarums....

If you wanted fast moving water, you could add a circulation pump

Amazon.com

Some people find that it’s too powerful.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Ok i am going to get more neons and two dwarf gouramis, because they seem to like soft water

 

[Fishies4Ever]

Ok i am going to get more neons and two dwarf gouramis, because they seem to like soft water

Sounds like a great idea and some perfect little additions to the tank!!!

 

[Fishmanic]

Dwarf gouramis are known to often suffer from dwarf gourami disease and often die within a few months.. I have had three dwarf gouramis at different times and they all succumbed to the disease.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Dwarf gouramis are known to often suffer from dwarf gourami disease and often die within a few months.. I have had three dwarf gouramis at different times and they all succumbed to the disease.

I have has a few dwarf and the same thing happened, I probably won't get them

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Dwarf gouramis are known to often suffer from dwarf gourami disease and often die within a few months.. I have had three dwarf gouramis at different times and they all succumbed to the disease.

Dwarf gouramis are known to often suffer from dwarf gourami disease and often die within a few months.. I have had three dwarf gouramis at different times and they all succumbed to the disease.

I will probably get honey gouramis instead because they seem to be immune to the disease

 

[Fishies4Ever]

Dwarf gouramis are known to often suffer from dwarf gourami disease and often die within a few months.. I have had three dwarf gouramis at different times and they all succumbed to the disease.

I had a dwarf gourami when I was little and it died a few months after I got it and I now realized it was probably from this. It’s to bad though because they are so beautiful

 

[Obsessed with fish]

I had a dwarf gourami when I was little and it died a few months after I got it and I now realized it was probably from this. It’s to bad though because they are so beautiful

Yes, dwarf gouramis kinda remind me of betta fish, its sad that they have that disease

 

[anewbie]

If you wanted fast moving water, you could add a circulation pump

Amazon.com

Some people find that it’s too powerful.

Yea i've used them before - they come in various models of various strength but none of them are really that good in the sense of a river. In my view the proper way to do a river aquarium is to have a custom build drilled on the sides for a sump so the water flows in one one side - out the other side and then you have true flow in one direction - you can then control the strength of the river for the sump pumps. I actually saw a teenager in uk do something similar where they were imitating a local river. Hum - i have a link somewhere - one minute ...

 

[anewbie]

The problem with dwarf gourami is how they are bred to produce the wonderful colours - wc ones are fine but lack the brilliant colours that attract people. In general 99% of the time you are better off with wc fishes (wc-> wild caught). But it is a trade off as wc fishes frequently have to be treated for parasite and generally have more specialize needs (less tolerant to water outside their native habitat conditions).