It also needs to be sinking food. But apart from that they are easy to please. All Danios are egg scatterers. But the Zebra Danio is probably the easiest egg scattering fish to breed in the home aquarium.
So as long as you have both males and females in your tank you're likely Danios are omnivorous fish that will eat both meaty protein and vegetation. However, they do prefer a more carnivorous diet packed full of protein.
Skip to content. The good news is that keeping your Kuhli Loaches well fed is easy to do. Keep reading for some easy-care feeding tips and useful information. Sinking Foods For Kuhli Loaches Sinking foods whether they come in pellet or wafer form are probably the best way to make sure that your Kuhli Loaches get enough to eat. Do Kuhli Loaches Eat Algae?
Potted Plants — not all plants have to be planted into the substrate. Some plants will live in pots inside the aquarium.
This means that they will not get uprooted by your Kuhli Loaches. I have a Bacopa plant that is thriving in a pot in one of my aquariums. Soaking the plants and ornaments in saltwater for 20 minutes before putting them in your tank might help.
Buy a snail killer. There are many affordable and interesting predator fish, and even other snails, that might help you out. Use chemicals , but make sure they are safe to use with fish and plants. For example, Gastropex can stop both snails and diseases for your fish.
Kuhli Loaches are omnivorous fish, which means they will eat almost anything, as long as it is small enough to eat and can be found on the bottom of the tank.
They enjoy searching for food by sieving through the gravel and sand. They are not really hunters but scavengers — they search for food and scraps instead of attacking.
However, as we already mentioned, they might eat small snails, eggs, or perhaps really tiny, sick fish.
They enjoy frozen, dry, or live food, and they might not be fussy, but they do prefer a meat-based diet. If you want to go for dry food, flakes and pellets are good because they will sink down to the substrate and will be easily eaten by loaches. You could also try out some homemade recipes if you want to experiment. Feed them several times a day, but make sure there is no food left to make the water dirty. As with most fish, it is of utmost importance to keep the water clean and well-oxygenated.
The Kuhli loaches love softer substrate or even sand because they like to bury themselves in it and search for food. It is not good to have no substrate at all or to have just stones. The water should be soft dGh , slightly acidic 5. The lighting should be moderate. As for water movement, you will need a good quality filter in order to manage a turnover of 10 times per hour.
You should also make sure to cover over inline pipes so the loaches do not swim inside and get stuck. Their natural habitat is tropical — it means lots of vegetation and places to hide wood, stones, and caves. The Java Fern and Cryptocoryne are good choices. Some owners even like to spread moss because loaches love spending time in leaf litters. Twisted roots of wood, caves, and rocks are good hiding places and, they will appreciate them.
As for interaction with other fish species, we did mention that these loaches are peaceful and shy, but that does not mean you should not consider other fish and how they would react to Kuhli. In fact, we have an entire post on the subject of Kuhli Loach tank mates. I would just keep on eye on it. Fish are generally pretty hardy when it comes to injury, and the barbell should begin to grow back slowly over time. But unless it starts to look stick, it should be fine if you just leave it alone. And kuhli loaches almost always eat after lights out, so just feed them just before the lights go out and they should be happy.
And I made a cave for my fish out of non-toxic air dry terra cotta clay. Would you recommend a type of coating to make it safe for an aquarium?? I though terra cotta clay would be best because flower pots are made of terra cotta and they are usually put in aquariums. What do you think? I have had two Black Kuhli Loaches for a year and I noticed a month ago that they had babies!!!!
Not sure how many there are because they stay hid. Does anyone know how many they have at a time? I saw one of the little ones today an its growing!!! That means that you provided them with some excellent conditions in their tank. In most scenarios, you will probably have between fry, though that number is really an estimate.
You could have less if you have hungry fish in your tank, or you could have more if they had something like Java moss to hide in. I hope that helps. I have two adults and now I have seen one little one………………….
I have read that this is rare in an aquarium. Just wondering what to expect. I would appreciate any help any advice. They absolutely love micro bloodworms. Great addition to any tank. Live plants, and loads of hiding places, along with Cattapa leaves, makes for happy loaches, yeah!. Were they immediately active during the day, or did it take time? I had always heard the unbanded loachs were mostly nocturnal too. I just purchased my first loach, I bought 3.
I only see 2 at any given time. I have a 20 gallon tank with small comminity fish. I have gravel, as I hate sand had it and couldnt stand it. Will they ge ok with the gravel? I have lots of real plants, a cave, driftwood, and tubes for hiding. Im just worried about the gravel. Any advice? Especially with a smaller group like you have.
Thank you! You can use TetraPro algae crisps or Tetra Pleco spirulina wafer tablets. Kuhli loaches-excellent aquarium visitors: they collect the food waste from below and do not let it decompose. They will also not leave the dead parts of the living plants without attention. Sometimes kuhli loaches can eat small snails. So it is not a difficult task to provide loach with a full-fledged diet in the aquarium. It is enough to feed the fish once a day, in the evening. It is not necessary to avoid overfeeding, as fish are obese.
For the same reason, it will be useful to arrange fish one day of discharge per week. The historical homeland of kuhli loaches is Southeast Asia: they are widespread on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Java.
They live in the waters of Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. Some species are found in India. Kuhli loaches do not like strong currents, so they prefer slow-flowing rivers and streams with a muddy bottom, dotted with a thick layer of fallen leaves. The genus Pangio is the most specific in the Loach family.
A variety of species has not yet been fully described by scientists. New types are regularly discovered. In the aquarium, two species of kuhli loaches are most often found: Kuhl and Myers. It lives in the waters of Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula. The body is yellow-orange, black-brown stripes cover it only near the head and then do not reach the lower part. Often there is a bifurcation of the ligaments in the middle of the body. It is better to keep herds of 3 individuals with which you can fully reveal the characteristics of behavior.
Fish like to hunt, relax on the leaves of plants. If the content is needed to carefully monitor the water parameters. Its natural habitat includes slow-flowing rivers in Thailand. The size in the aquarium is up to 9 cm. The body is reddish-yellow, the number of stripes reaches pieces.
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