Kuhli Loach

[Phillip.M]

I'm looking for info on this fish cause i want to get it for my 20g. Do any of u guys have and good advice about the loach or any good web's? thanks

 

[Torrean]

check the fish index. =) They're great little fish

 

[*Lucifer*]

they are very kool fish but u never seem em, ive had a group of six in my old tank, and i never saw em only at feedin time lol, but very pretty fish!!!!!!! u will like em!!!!!

 

[dwarfgourami]

These used to be my favourites when I kept them. Absolutely lovely, little characters. They like to be in groups, they prefer sand (to burrow in), and they do need some hiding places anyway.

 

[charlie d]

Great fish. I have them in both my tanks. In one they hide under the bogwood and in the other they share a cave with my cories, I dont know how they all squeeze in. They are great characters.

 

[Phillip.M]

so how many should i get? i got a 20g with 5 guppies and 4 rasboaras, Do kuhli loaches get along with cories?

 

[smithrc]

so how many should i get? i got a 20g with 5 guppies and 4 rasboaras, Do kuhli loaches get along with cories?

they are dead peacefull - will get on with anyone

I'd get 5 or 6 as they are better in bigger groups. (we have 11)

 

[Torrean]

I agree. The more the better. I'd suggest a min. of three.

 

[atmmachine816]

yup definatly a big group especially if you like them get as many as you can just make sure enough food falls down to the bottom for them

 

[Phillip.M]

What food they likez. Do any of u guys have a good site for them?

 

[Torrean]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=34956

 

[mikev]

so how many should i get? i got a 20g with 5 guppies and 4 rasboaras, Do kuhli loaches get along with cories?

they are dead peacefull - will get on with anyone

Funny enough, not always the case.

Here is the situation in my 10g planted: 3 khulis, 5 young redtail rasboras. (Most of my khulis are in other tanks, this one is for some experiments). Now, you would expect to see the khulis hiding on the ground, and the rasboras shoaling above, but no:

Khulis feel like the dominant species, so they don't hide at all, swim a lot, and keep the rasboras hiding under the plants most of the time, in a really tight shoal.

Now, they don't attack rasboras, of course, but they suppress them totally. And while khulis did not learn to grab flakes from the surface YET, rasboras did learn to pick up from the ground. Maybe another couple of months of this New Order and rasboras will learn to dig in in sand.

 

[Torrean]

Very interesting post. Would you say they are no longer peaceful though? They aren't showing aggression they just aren't showing fear? Thanks for posting that, interesting situation. So do khuli's hide if it's a species tank?

 

[mikev]

Very interesting post. Would you say they are no longer peaceful though? They aren't showing aggression they just aren't showing fear? Thanks for posting that, interesting situation.

No, they are not aggressive, they are just active; still, if I were a less-than-1" sub-adult rasbora, I'd probably feel worried about a 3" shape running/swimming around.

Actually, I lost one rasbora: it jumped out through the feeding hole at night, found it in the morning, and now the hole is always closed. I have no proof that khulis are somehow responsible, but redtail rasboras are generally not a jumping species.

So do khuli's hide if it's a species tank?

I suspect that they don't. It would be fun to have a mostly khuli larger tank one day... with some other really small fish for them to victimize....

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APPEND: That these rasboras eat from the ground is the biggest puzzle&problem for me (I know, OfTopic). I have several full-grown ones in a bigger tank, and they never do this.... and for some future experiments I need a very quiet small topfeeder that would not ever eat anything from the ground (well, eggs specifically).

 

[Torrean]

I have white clouds. They seem to be calm fish that eat from the surface and as the food sinks. I've never seen them eat from the bottom. might look into something like them?