weather loach??

[Paul_MTS]

a nice size weather loach has been brought into the shop by a customer and i'ved put it aside for myself to put in the pond.

I thought i would check that it's ok to do so first?

they brought it in from a tank as it was sucking on other fish.

 

[The-Wolf]

Hi Paul
From what I can gather you need a muddy bottom for them to burrow in. During the winter you must keep a hole open in the ice, by having the pump running and disturbing the surface or via a heater.

Apart from the above, there are no special requirements for them.

 

[Paul_MTS]

Hey Paul,

excellent, already have stones in there for the stone loach so they should be fine burying in that. Guess he'll be moving home tomorrow, i'll post a picture up.

cheers

 

[Da_Oz]

OK this is the sencond time I have seen somone say that they was sucking on another fish. I have had them for years and never seen them do this . But it sould do ok in your pond they can live in about anything.