Zebra Striata Loaches-- Now Looking@yoyo Loches
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I'm going to buy six Yoyo loaches.... but it'll be a few weeks before I can get to the store that stocks them at a half decent price ($5-$7 depending on size + a multiples discount that the guy at the store will work out with me. When I buy the loaches, I'm also going to be buying a ton of other stuff at that store (probs some Amano shrimp for another tank, a plec of some description, another chunk of driftwood for another tank, and probably some more serpae tetras...) and I collect VIP points at that store, so all in all, it's worth the wait). All the local stores want $10.00 a piece for the loaches, with no multiples discount).
I want to give my Hygrophila a chance to drop some roots and anchor itself down (Just trimmed it and planted the cuttings) before I add anything that's going to be of a fairly substantial size in the bottom of my tank.
I want to give my Hygrophila a chance to drop some roots and anchor itself down (Just trimmed it and planted the cuttings) before I add anything that's going to be of a fairly substantial size in the bottom of my tank.
My quest for loaches has an end in sight!.
I went into a mom-and-pop store in the town where I work (about an hour and a half from home). Was talking to the manager, who I'd bought plants off of before, and told him what I was looking for. He's bringing them in for me at cost if I agree to him a couple packs of meat pies<I sell these> (which basically means; I'm getting the loaches for super cheap).
Really nice guy. They arrive next Thursday. I pick them up Friday. He's got six to start me off.
I went into a mom-and-pop store in the town where I work (about an hour and a half from home). Was talking to the manager, who I'd bought plants off of before, and told him what I was looking for. He's bringing them in for me at cost if I agree to him a couple packs of meat pies<I sell these> (which basically means; I'm getting the loaches for super cheap).
Really nice guy. They arrive next Thursday. I pick them up Friday. He's got six to start me off.
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LOACHES! LOACHES! LOACHES! LOACHES!
Can you tell I'm excited?
I've got three at the moment. The other three yoyos the guy ordered for me "disappeared" last night, and he thinks one of his idiot staff members sold them, so he's bringing me in 3 more for next week. I nursed these three all the way home (an hour and twenty minutes!). They're healthy, if a little skinny, but I'm sure they'll fatten right up soon enough.
Thank goodness it rained today, so the humidity was killed and it wasn't too hot. Getting the three into the tank was a task and a half, and the second they went in, they disappeaed. As I speak now, one is playing in the cuent of the filter doing "dolphin spirals". Two are about 2" long, one is about 2 and a 1/4 inches long. Costed me a whopping total of $4.00 a piece + one meatpie per fish. I'm definitely loving this guy right now. Little tiny operation. Only 12 tanks, of those, only 6 tanks are tropical fish. I'm happy though. He's offered to order me anything I need.
Sneaky little things though... they kept wiggling into the SMALLEST and TIGHTEST creases in the bag to the point where I held the bag the entire way home incase one got stuck, we hit a bump, and suddenly it was out of water and couldn't get back out.
And now for the pix:
Now for the final question;
What should I feed the little things? I feed the tank the following on a regular basis, do I need to add anything for the Loaches?
-Flake
-Dried Bloodworm
-Shrimp pellets
-Algae Tablets
<When there were corys/otos in the tank>-Blanched Zuchinni---- (Will the yoyo Loaches appreciate this too?)
Can you tell I'm excited?
I've got three at the moment. The other three yoyos the guy ordered for me "disappeared" last night, and he thinks one of his idiot staff members sold them, so he's bringing me in 3 more for next week. I nursed these three all the way home (an hour and twenty minutes!). They're healthy, if a little skinny, but I'm sure they'll fatten right up soon enough.
Thank goodness it rained today, so the humidity was killed and it wasn't too hot. Getting the three into the tank was a task and a half, and the second they went in, they disappeaed. As I speak now, one is playing in the cuent of the filter doing "dolphin spirals". Two are about 2" long, one is about 2 and a 1/4 inches long. Costed me a whopping total of $4.00 a piece + one meatpie per fish. I'm definitely loving this guy right now. Little tiny operation. Only 12 tanks, of those, only 6 tanks are tropical fish. I'm happy though. He's offered to order me anything I need.
Sneaky little things though... they kept wiggling into the SMALLEST and TIGHTEST creases in the bag to the point where I held the bag the entire way home incase one got stuck, we hit a bump, and suddenly it was out of water and couldn't get back out.
And now for the pix:
Now for the final question;
What should I feed the little things? I feed the tank the following on a regular basis, do I need to add anything for the Loaches?
-Flake
-Dried Bloodworm
-Shrimp pellets
-Algae Tablets
<When there were corys/otos in the tank>-Blanched Zuchinni---- (Will the yoyo Loaches appreciate this too?)
Awesome!.
I'm really glad I bought these guys. They're right little characters. I watched them this afternoon at feeding time fighting with my serpae tetras over flake at mid-level in the tank. Constantly swimming in up and around my pieces of driftwood, they've found caves that I didn't even know existed (apparently one of my pieces of driftwood has a large hollow in the centre that can fit all three loaches inside, with 3 tunnel openings to it that I've noticed.
While shy upon first introduction into the tank, they've now laid claim to the bottom regions of the tank and the filter current from the AquaClear 70. Adorable!.
They've willingly taken algae tabs, shrimp pellets and flake from me, and I'm going to try some veg later to see if they'll appreciate that too.!
I'm really glad I bought these guys. They're right little characters. I watched them this afternoon at feeding time fighting with my serpae tetras over flake at mid-level in the tank. Constantly swimming in up and around my pieces of driftwood, they've found caves that I didn't even know existed (apparently one of my pieces of driftwood has a large hollow in the centre that can fit all three loaches inside, with 3 tunnel openings to it that I've noticed.
While shy upon first introduction into the tank, they've now laid claim to the bottom regions of the tank and the filter current from the AquaClear 70. Adorable!.
They've willingly taken algae tabs, shrimp pellets and flake from me, and I'm going to try some veg later to see if they'll appreciate that too.!
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