My Kuhli loach searching for food / Geflecktes Dornauge [3/3]

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[whiteboypatrickkelly]

I got 1 he only comes out at night when my room is pitch black so the only time I get to see him is at like 3am if I wake up n flick on the tank light, then he swims off and hides so I basicly see him about 2sec a month :(

[xXRY11LEYXx]

If you like loaches check my video

[RockUgud]

I like this color. The chain stores in my area only carry the black Khuli loach. I didn't even know this type of khuli loach existed.

[PetaPanPipes]

It's hard for me to plan my new fish tank, because I love all lower dwelling fish and my tank is taller than it is wide... Kuhli are a must though. Really cute.

[Bazil1869]

i have gravel in my tank with two of these i plan to get more should i also get a softer substrate like sand?

[Firecloud500]

@Bazil1869 loaches love the softer flooring. They love scrounging at the bottom for whatever

[Bazil1869]

@Firecloud500 yeah i have orderd some silica sand just for them :)

[beastwitinn]

how often do u clean the tank dude its FUCKEN amazing tank something out of a zoo wish mine was like that. my goldies are outside in a BIG bucket with air pumps been out there for over a year now. now i got 2 Juvenile OSCARS in my indoor tank

[jandjauto123]

can kuhli loachesgo in my tank please see my tank video to see if they could go in my tank

[bamsawa]

are they good for a cold water tank?

[lolster2008]

btw, feeding during the daytime encourages the kuhli's to be less shy, my kuhlis are out in the open about 18/7 so i can almost see them all the time! starting with two is easier as they're easier to get used to the atmosphere, once they are used to it, add a few more and they will automatically spread out in the open areas after 2-3 days after seeing the first two Kuhli's openly swimming around scouring for food scraps

[MrSinnbox]

All teh shops around here only have the black ones....what a dissapointment

[chompmyclit]

I lost my Kuhli about 8 months ago. I recently did a complete tank cleaning and found it living under the ground filter. It was as fat as my middle finger!

[Internettroll1]

i bought 3 tiny ones about 2 1/2cm long striped they in my tank with my 6 bristlenose i cant find them :(

[MaxJNorman]

love your loaches :)

[Sandmann1193]

Hallo

n03Izz

Ich habe vor, mir für mein nächstes Aquarium ebenfalls Dornaugen zu kaufen.

Braucht man viele Steine, oder reichen auch wenige Steine, viele viele Pflanzen und Wurzeln?

[silverheart105]

@Sandmann1193 ?

[Sandmann1193]

@silverheart105

I can speak german to a man, which account is from Germany ;)

but:

i`ve already got 6 of them. You should get more than three, they need a higher population

so 6-8 pangio kuhlii would be the best

[FarangBalls]

Do kuhlis eat snails?

[silverheart105]

@FarangBalls yeah.

[Roosterboii]

First of all: These are NOT solitary fish. Even tho most fishstores will tell you that. 2 will work, but 5-6 is probably the best number.

Second: If your kuhli doesn't show during the day (if you have a small school they probably will anyway) get a clear decent-sized glassbottle. Just make shure the opening is big enough. Put some sand in it, and lay it on the tankfloor. Put some kuhli-firnedy food in it. And hopefully they will make it their home. ANd you will see them all day :)

[silverheart105]

@Roosterboii im going to try thatr! exept im using a vase. XD

[Shareallicu]

I just bought two for my 40 gallon tank! Are they social or are two ok? they dont need a school do they?

[silverheart105]

@Shareallicu they should be in schools as 3 MINIMUM. they arent gonna die, but its very misrable for them to only have one other of its kind. better get around 2-3 more.

[Shareallicu]

@silverheart105 Ok thats fine. I bought 2 more so I have 4 now :)

[silverheart105]

@Shareallicu thats good! im getting them too! and do you know a place that has em, around dallas flowermound areea? (texas)

[Shareallicu]

@silverheart105 No sorry, I'm in Washington state. But you can call around to all the pet stores, its easier than driving around hehe

[silverheart105]

@Shareallicu I GOT THREE TODAY!

[godofwar078]

I've got 2 of those. And they are awesome. They are hyperactive but now they are the full day in my plants hiding ect. But they are still awesome.

[n03lzz]

@godofwar078

Mine are also hinding 24/7. I love it when i've the chance to see them. I saw two of them yesterday.... a highlight.^^ They are awesome.

[silverheart105]

@godofwar078 they should be in schools as 3 MINIMUM

[Toothpicks89]

@godofwar078 please get more.. they will be happier

[psYnel]

I want one of those cutie pies!

Beautiful fish!

[n03lzz]

@psYnel

Yes true. Thank you!

[xwarxsabrewulf]

kuhli loaches are so cute :)

[n03lzz]

@xwarxsabrewulf

Oh yes, they are!

[jamie5838]

how do you clean the sand in your tank

[n03lzz]

@jamie5838

Hi. That's easy: I never clean it. Surprised?

The mud cannot soak into the intervening spaces of sand, like it can into gravel. It only remains on the ground. So the stream of my canister filter and the ground-dwelling pushes it into the inlet of my filter. Once i clean the filter, the whole tank is clean. That's it.^^

[copperpaint]

Most freshwater lakes have sand bottoms.

[n03lzz]

@copperpaint

Exactly!

[nateRLs]

What happened to the rule rocks for freshwater fish, and sand for saltwater fish? The Loach is cute though.

[Henekeshi]

@nateRLs There's no rule like that, in fact gold fish and certain other freshwater fish prefer sand because gravel/rocks can get caught in their throat.

[n03lzz]

@nateRLs

I've never heard about such a rule. Sand is a great substrate for most fish, because the interact with it. But as every substrate it has advantages and disadvantages.

[Nekroritter]

Habe auch ein paar Dornaugen in einem 110 l Aquarium

[n03lzz]

@Nekroritter

Dann aber mal her mit einem Video. =)

[Senfglasleerlecker]

ich will die schon sehr lange halten weil mich wurmähnliche fische faszinieren, habe aber leider nur ein 54l Becken mit 3 Zebrabärblingen, 6 jungen Guppys und 2 Ancistrus.

Könnte ich dennoch ein kleines Rudel Dornaugen einsetzen? (Becken ist gut strukturiert d.h am Boden viele Versteckmöglichkeiten)

[n03lzz]

Ja, auf jeden Fall.

Was ich noch empfehlen würde: Stapel in einer Ecke des Beckens einen kleinen Haufen größere Kieselsteine (so ab 2cm Durchmesser). Sie lieben es sich in den Spalten zu verstecken, und benötigen auch eben jene Spalten um abzulaichen (haben die Tiere nicht diese Möglichkeit können die Weibchen an Laichverhärtung sterben).

[Senfglasleerlecker]

Heisst das es würde klappen? Ich habe jetzt wieder wo anders gelesen mein Becken wäre zu klein, ausserdem habe ich Angst dass die sich mit den Ancistrus ins Gehege kommen.

Wenn es geht wie viele wären denn dann in Ordnung (man soll ja mehrere halten)

[n03lzz]

Wer sagt denn sowas?

Wenn ein 54 Literbecken dafür zu klein sein soll, dann würde mir kein anderer Fisch einfallen, den man in einem derartigen Becken halten dürfte.^^

Also gerade in einem gut strukturierten Becken, denke ich, ist das garkein Problem. Die Tiere benötigen nicht viel Platz. Deinen Ancistren kämen sie nur in die Quere, wenn du zu wenig Hölen oder Verstecke hättest.

5-7 Stück dürften in Ordnung gehen.

(Im Zweifel werden die Welse eher zu groß für das Becken.)

[Oppledeldoc]

I haven't had any in quite some time. This reminds me of how nice they are.

[n03lzz]

Yeah, they are such cool fish.

[Oppledeldoc]

Do you still find them in shops where you live? Because I haven't in a long while.

[n03lzz]

@Oppledeldoc:

It's more hard to find them during the southeast asian rainy season from May till October. But last week i see some at my LFS.

[Oppledeldoc]

Thank you. Hopefully I'll find some.

[Oppledeldoc]

@n03lzz I finally found some in a shop today and bought one.

[jaxkkj]

i love kuhli's i have 3 in a 65 gallon with 10 neon tetras 10 livebearers 1 dwarf african frog and a red tail shark !!!! :)

[n03lzz]

I'd love to see a video of your tank.

[wannermike2]

Sehr gut gefilmt !

Ich bekomme meine leider nicht so schön aufgenommen .

[n03lzz]

Vielen Dank.

Sind schon tolle Tiere, aber leider doch sehr zurückhaltend.

[animalmastermtd]

I LOVE Kuhli's!!!

They are a great fish!

AWESOME video by the way!

[n03lzz]

Thank you. I love them, too.

[convect24]

nice kuhli i have one too and a weather loach. The kuhlis stop growing around 4in

but they do get fatter as they get older, not like the weather/dojo loache where they can reach 7 to 8 inches

[n03lzz]

Four inch is a good sized kuhli. I would love to watch a video of your fish.

[fish3y1]

nice i have a large kuhli as well i will post a video of it when i get chance. any idea how large they can reach?

[n03lzz]

Inform me when you got it on tape and uploaded the video.

The grow up to 10 - 12cm (4 - 4.7 inch).

[Jamese3]

i cant find coolie loach for sale anywhere near me

[n03lzz]

It's harder to find southeast asian fish during the rainy season there (May till October). They don't export many fish during those month.

[MaxtheMetalhead]

Why dosen't my loach have those orange stripes? Mine's just copletley purple.

[n03lzz]

There are cultivated forms that don't have the stripes anymore.

[MaxtheMetalhead]

And they're still called Kuhli Loachs?

[n03lzz]

Their latin name is Pangio kuhlii.

So Kuhli loach is still a good name, "loaches com" call them that way, too.

In the USA it's more common to call them Coolie loach (looks like a misspelling^^)... that's what "fishbase org" says.

[hjo3]

Yours is probably pangio oblonga; these are pangio kuhlii. Oblongas are often labeled as "Kuhli Loaches" in pet stores, but they're not true kuhlis.

[RTBS97]

whats the minumum tank size for a kihli i think they are cool

[n03lzz]

Yes, they really are.

Here in Germany it's forbidden by law to keep fish in smaller tanks than 54 liter (12 Imperial gallons). I think this is a good tank size to keep Kuhli.

[shamrock1337tm]

do you not get less than 54l tanks then? pretty good law i you AX me

[n03lzz]

You can buy smaller tanks (called nano tanks) but only for keeping shrimp.

[millym2]

what a great law! could do with that here in the uk see too many big goldfish in small tanks its cruel!

[n03lzz]

Yes, true!

[tomybaer2504]

tolle tiere habe 15 davon sind superrobust und halten den boden supersauber....

[n03lzz]

Hi,

ich hab glaub ich um die 10. Ich kanns leider nicht mehr genau sagen, weil sie sich so zurückhalten. Wenn ich beim füttern 4 gleichzeitig sehe bin ich froh.^^ Dennoch haben sie sich zu wahren Prachtexemplaren entwickelt.

Gruß

Nils

[Durcapone]

my kuhli's in action

watch?v=T78W1BkXdS4

[n03lzz]

Yes, that's a nice video.

[plopmeista]

i have 2 black kuhlis and 1 gold one, the gold one got in the filter and got torn apart -.-" the filter started spraying blood all over my tank.

[iSpeakKonglish]

EWW! omg That image is just flooding my eyes. That's so gross! Why did you share that?! D:

[n03lzz]

That's awful. But why you don't have a filtration previous to the pump? That's really uncommon.

[plopmeista]

it was an undergravel filter, he got under the plate then got into the powerhead hence got shredded, i saw blood spraying out of the filter than saw his little tiny head all battered up thats when i knew oh shiet thats my gold KUHLI LOACH! prior to that i didnt see him for about 3days because he was burrowing and new to my tank.

[slappy2825]

Any idea where to purchase them online or elsewhere? Having lived in FL and now NC (USA), I'm not able to find them for sale anywhere...

[n03lzz]

Sry, I can't help you with that, but maybe some other youtube users.

Here in Germany it's almost impossible to buy living animals online.

Further it's more hard to find some Kuhli loaches in shops from May till October, cause of the rainy season in Southeast Asia.

[XJproto]

I bought my three at a pet shop. Best thing I'd recommend is to call around and ask. Alot of places can order them in for you.

[n03lzz]

They are really rare in the Southeast Asian rainy season... is that diffrent in Canada?^^

[XJproto]

Probably not. I've been looking to buy a few more and no one has been able to get them in for the past 2 months.

[werewolf141312]

its ok thanks any way i gave up on then,lol

[werewolf141312]

i have one

[n03lzz]

They are gorgeous.

[werewolf141312]

mine keeps dieing help please

[n03lzz]

I would like to help you, but i need all information about you tank and fish.

[werewolf141312]

k thanks anyway

[n03lzz]

pm me and i try to help

[XJproto]

have you matured your tank yet? New tanks need to be run for atleast 2-3 weeks with cheap fish before introducing others into the tank.

The ammonia and nitrate buildup can't be controlled because the tank hasn't grown the bacteria to remove those toxins from the water.

Put some Cycle in your tank too.

[n03lzz]

That's right.

[takabayachi]

Sweet,little kuhli :D How many do you have kuhli loachs?

[n03lzz]

I have five