Baby Dojo Loaches FINALLY!!!

[noy3k]

geez is that how big common dojo loaches get?
sweet

 

[noy3k]

geez is that how big common dojo loaches get?
sweet

 

[bigmamafish]

The only problem I see with your dojo set-up is the high temperature, 80F.

Dojos are coldwater fish, and will live a lot longer and fare a lot better at a consistent temperature of 70F or slightly below.

My three are in a coldwater tank with a stable temperature around 68F. There is no heater in the tank.

Dojos will tolerate tropical temps, but being in water that warm really isn't the best thing for them.

Also, be sure that any and all holes in your tank's lid are securely sealed off. Dojos are jumpers, and they're notorious for leaping out of a tank without a lid.

I once had a baby dojo the size of the one in the photos. He somehow managed to push aside the tape I had placed over the hole where I had previously had a Maxi-Jet, and got out of the tank. I didn't discover him on the floor until it was too late.

So, with tiny dojos in particular, make sure you have NO openings, and if you do have any, be sure they're sealed off well enough that they can't push through.


-- bigmamafish

 

[Billox]

I once bought a couple of Dojo loach but they just died after 4 days, I can'f find test kits to measure PH but I maintain my aquarium @80-82F. any idea why?

 

[bigmamafish]

For one, your temperature is way too warm for dojo loaches.

Did you acclimate yours to your tank's water conditions before putting them in? If you put them straight into your tank, the difference between your water and the store's water where you got them from could have been drastic enough to shock their systems.

I suggest you get a good test kit, either the API master freshwater test kit, or the Hagen kit put out under the name of Nutrafin.

Dojos are usually pretty hearty, so if yours died after only four days, they were either sick to begin with, shocked by water conditions they weren't acclimated to, or made ill by poor water quality.

If you decide to keep them in the future, you should keep them in cooler water, no warmer than 70F, maximum.

-- bigmamafish