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]First off, my tank: 20L freshwater, 3 years old, pH 7.6, API test kit shows perfect chemistry, Whisper 30 filter, long bar bubbler, water changes about once a month (with vacuumed substrate), lighting during the day. I have tiger barbs and a couple bolivian rams. But love kuhli loaches and have had 3 for about 2 and a half years. Decided to get 6 more - was told they were wild caught from Indonesia. No quarenteen...
Seemed healthy and active. But after a few weeks, started losing about one or two a week. At first I assumed it was my older ones. The first 3 that died got really fat and white - now I wonder if they were the new ones, pregnant and egg-bound. My original loaches never spawned. And now I'm down to ONE. Some I found dead with no sign of abnormalities. And some I found with a different kind of swelling, near the anus. One looked injured - but I've never seen a single fish go after these guys, and I like sitting and watching them daily.
I fed pellets that my older ones ate just fine - not sure if the new ones took to them or not. But I also feed frozen food 2-3 times a week.
My other kuhlis were just fine before I adopted these guys. Such a cool fish.
Seemed healthy and active. But after a few weeks, started losing about one or two a week. At first I assumed it was my older ones. The first 3 that died got really fat and white - now I wonder if they were the new ones, pregnant and egg-bound. My original loaches never spawned. And now I'm down to ONE. Some I found dead with no sign of abnormalities. And some I found with a different kind of swelling, near the anus. One looked injured - but I've never seen a single fish go after these guys, and I like sitting and watching them daily.
I fed pellets that my older ones ate just fine - not sure if the new ones took to them or not. But I also feed frozen food 2-3 times a week.
My other kuhlis were just fine before I adopted these guys. Such a cool fish.
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