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What and how should I feed kuhli loaches? I've tried the sinking algea wafers but they dont seem to be interested in those. Should I arrange for some moon-light arrangement to encourage them to come out and feed when the main lights go out?
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i drop mine in shrimp pellets and a little extra flake food. i dont know how your tank is setup. but mine has no plants so they hide under rocks all day long and come out late at night and eat. only reason i know for sure and i didnt lose them is that i see mine when i'm cleaning and they have grown quite a bit. and I have moon light kits and found it doesnt help. but again, this is my setup

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I feed mine at night after I turn their lights out. I feed them a type of pellet that breaks up quickly so they can eat it more easily, and they seem to be quite fond of that. I don't think setting up some moon-light system is needed

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I dont feed mine anything special at all. They are in the Betta tank. I have four different type of dry foods plus the frozen blood worms twice a week. They are always swimming around the tank on the hunt for food and cleaning up the bottom, in and around the placed no other fish could ever go.

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I have four in my 6ft. Like Keith I dont do anything special for them.

They tend to be able to find food in the nooks and crannies where the other fish cant go. I think you'll find that yours are doing the same.

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I occasionally drop some sort of bottom-feeder food in for them. The are definitely great for finding bits of food other fish have missed though

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Question:

Has anyone here fed live Bloodworms to fishes in an aquarium whose population contains Kuhlii Loaches?

Has anyone actually seen Kuhliis eat live Bloodworm?

I'd be interested to find out about this, because among the loaches, Kuhliis are superbly equipped (as noted above) for being able to reach places that are inaccesible to most other fishes. Including under the gravel!

I suspect that they would eat live Bloodworm given the opportunity, but I am interested to know if anyone here has actually seen them do so. Even better, if someone has a photo of them doing just that, post it here!


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As I mentioned I feed frozen blood worms twice a week and I have never actually noticed if they are eating the worms. The next time I feed the worms I will watch very carefully for you.'

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Yesterday, I fed them frozen blood worms after the main lights were tunred off. In the dim light from other room, I actually saw one come to the surface and grab some of the blood worms. Cant say anything about live BWs.

I took particular notice when I fed the Betta tank this morning. I made sure some of the BWs were in an area where they are always visable and within seconds some of the Khulis were hunting in and all over the substrate. On this basis I would say they were eating the BWs.

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I have seen my kuhlies come out occassionally when I feed live tubifex worms and try to get to them, though they are not that good at eating them coz the clowns and other loaches usually are far more aggressive and slurp up the worms really quick. I am however sure that the kuhlies are able to get to the ones that wriggle into the gravel. I dont feed anything special for the kuhlies and they are always able to find food.

Once in a while, I see a kuhlie quickly grab a food pellet that's fallen to the floor and go into hiding, but that's very very occassional.