The Loach Wont Grow!

[Jodiem]

i brought 2 golden loach (impulse im afraid) and i have had them for 2/3 months now and one has grown quite big but the other is still the same size as we brought him which was about 1 1/2 inches long why hasnt it grown like the other one?

thanks

 

[DarkEntity]

i brought 2 golden loach (impulse im afraid) and i have had them for 2/3 months now and one has grown quite big but the other is still the same size as we brought him which was about 1 1/2 inches long why hasnt it grown like the other one?

thanks

I BOUGHT 2 golden loach (impulse im afraid) and i have had them for 2/3 months now and one has grown quite big but the other is still the same size as we BOUGHT him which was about 1 1/2 inches long why hasnt it grown like the other one?

Rite now that's out of my system...people using the wrong words in a sentence!

When you say golden loach, which one? can you ID it proplerly? Photo?

 

[Jodiem]

ok someone is a bit picky, its a golden sucking loach ( thts what it said on the id when i brought it)

 

[gourami_fan]

Uh oh, sounds like you got yourself a chinese algae eater thats just a gold colouration. I'm not sure why the other one isn't growing that well. Maybe it has competition for food or maybe from stress, therefore stunting its growth?

If you haven't known already, chinese algae eaters are notorious when they mature. They will be very agressive to their own kind as well as to other fish and grow pretty large. They will also like to suck the slime coating of larger fish and damage their scales. Heres a picture of what happened to a dwarf gourami from a golden sucking loach! These fish are not recommended for community tanks.

damage done by golden sucking loach

 

[mikev]

With loaches, the most common reason for not growing are internal parasites. I'd suspect the same in case of CAE (wild caught bottom feeder, just like loaches). Try to deworm (levamisole, fenbendazole), it is a good idea with all wild caught fish.

 

[DarkEntity]

ok someone is a bit picky, its a golden sucking loach ( thts what it said on the id when i brought it)

Sigh... you BOUGHT it, not BROUGHT it, two completely different words with two completely different meanings.

 

[The-Wolf]

ok someone is a bit picky, its a golden sucking loach ( thts what it said on the id when i brought it)

Sigh... you BOUGHT it, not BROUGHT it, two completely different words with two completely different meanings.

OMG
this is a fish forum not a bloody grammar/spelling one.
stop pointing out peoples spelling mistakes and try answering post properly

 

[pica_nuttalli]

ok someone is a bit picky, its a golden sucking loach ( thts what it said on the id when i brought it)

Sigh... you BOUGHT it, not BROUGHT it, two completely different words with two completely different meanings.

OMG
this is a fish forum not a bloody grammar/spelling one.
stop pointing out peoples spelling mistakes and try answering post properly

lol, I am totally sympathizing with both sides of this discussion.

also, I am intensely amused by this topic title for some reason...

as for advice: the first thing to look at would be, of course, stunting issues. what size tank, what nitrate levels, etc, etc. however you should also consider that each fish is an individual and it is possible that you just have loaches that grow at different rates. whether that's due to genetics, gender, or some other cause may never be known.

 

[modern]

Have you kept them both in the exact same conditions? Same tank, tankmates, food, etc? I'm asking because we had purchased a golden dojo loach about 8 months or so ago (but at the same time as a co-worker bought her GDL). Anyway, we recently rehabbed the golden dojo she bought because apparantly it was being nipped by pea puffers. The fins were almost all gone, it was thin from being fed flakes (our dojos are fed frozen bloodworms or brine shrimp), and completely stressed out from being around those puffers and away from any other loaches.

When we first brought hers home, it was amazing to see how different the two were in size. Ours was at least twice as big as hers was. But after at least a month so far of good food, no stress (we have a strict community tank), and lots of loach cuddling (we also have 3 other dojo loaches), "Fish Stick"/"Nublet" (we call it both) has become a delightfully happy and not so little loach.

Just wondering if the conditions could have something to do with it? Just throwing it out there... Thanks.