Don't forget about snails, there is not a self respecting loach around that can turn it's nose away from a juicy snail.
Feeding big clowns
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felixxx;4406847; said:
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Both excellent ideas! That reminds me, I have some mussles in the freezer!
I borrowed my brother's DSLR and got a decent shot of the big guy. The smaller one seems to be camera shy. Sorry for the stuff that looks like scratches on the glass - I had to use a long exposure (~1.5 seconds) to compensate for how dark it is at that end of the tank. The 'scratches' are actually small particles (of zucchini I think) in the water.
I know I'm probably just being paranoid, but should I be concerned about their 'noses' being white? Both of the big guys have it but none of my smaller loaches do, so I was hoping that it might just be a colour variation, and not an injury.
Beautiful! This is POTM material nevertheless.
Keep working on the superb shots before we reinstate the contests!
Keep working on the superb shots before we reinstate the contests!Thanks!! 
Once they're settled in I'll be able to dial the lights back up and *hopefully* get a shot of the whole shoal.
Once they're settled in I'll be able to dial the lights back up and *hopefully* get a shot of the whole shoal.
I'm not sure about the white nose thing, since mine are nowhere near that size, but that is one monster loach-fatty!
Gorgeous fish, and an awesome find!
Loaches are very social, so as long as you have some buddies for them to hang with, they'll come around. I feed mine anything from shrimp pellets to algae wafers, large flake food and rinsed off nightcrawlers.
Loaches are very social, so as long as you have some buddies for them to hang with, they'll come around. I feed mine anything from shrimp pellets to algae wafers, large flake food and rinsed off nightcrawlers.
Cheap loach treat = crickets Got that tip from another member here at MFk -- just try to drown them first so they are water logged, and sink
Got that tip from another member here at MFk -- just try to drown them first so they are water logged, and sink cypher1024;4412053; said:
The white nose is likely from the loaches swimming up and down with their noses brushing up against the aquarium glass. EVERY SINGLE new loach I've introduced into my tank did this. Once they were used to the tank they stopped brushing up against the glass so hard and the white noses disappeared.
"Cheap loach treat = crickets Got that tip from another member here at MFk -- just try to drown them first so they are water logged, and sink "
I just rip a couple legs off of em and toss them in the tank.. gives the loaches that added level of difficulty!
Got that tip from another member here at MFk -- just try to drown them first so they are water logged, and sink "I just rip a couple legs off of em and toss them in the tank.. gives the loaches that added level of difficulty!
