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	Kuhli Loaches
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	I bought 3 Kuhli loaches about 4 days ago. The day after adding the loaches to the tank, I did a partial 10% water change. I can now see only 2 of the Kuhli's come out in the evening and night and the third fellow is missing! Is the 3rd Kuhli dead. They are about 1 to 1 1/2 inches in size, pretty thin loaches. The other tank mates are 9 clown loaches, 4 commom plecos, 2 black sharks, 2 zebra loaches.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	They are known for being rather ellusive. I have 6 in a 10 gallon tank, which is fairly small, and I can't even keep track of all of them in there. They do bury themselves too, so if they were in the substrate you likely won't be able to find it. How big is your tank? Seems like you have quite a few fish in there.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	My tank is 4 feet X 18 inches X 21 inches, which is approx. 79 US gallons. The clowns are between 2 - 3 inches (two are about half an inch in size). The sharks ( I plan to give them away) are about 8 inches each. The zebras are 2 inches each. The biggest pleco is 6 inches in length, and the others are a little smaller.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
johnnylaw1984 Enthusiast Posts: 158 Kudos: 168 Votes: 19 Registered: 27-Sep-2004	i have a kuhli loach in my small tank. i havnt seen him for over a week, i assumed he died. kuhli loaches will burry them selves underneath the grave. they will hide in the smallest spots you available. there is a good posibiity that he is just hiding and my not be dead
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Very cool fish, one of my favorites They will definitely dig, and find any hiding spot available in the tank. IME after they become comfortable in the tank they become more active (visible) during the day. This is one of my older, black kuhlis in his favorite resting place: Two new kuhlis for my Asian biotope; the ruler shows how small they are. These two love to tangle themselves up in the plants: [/font] Last edited by Theresa_M at 13-Oct-2004 17:42[/font] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	I lost all 3 of my kuhlis within a week of putting them in my tank... I found all of them alive and well inside my filter. now i have fine mesh over the intake! Check your filter. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
nitro Big Fish Posts: 395 Kudos: 823 Votes: 50 Registered: 20-Nov-2003	Yes it is possible they it may be hiding like already suggested. Not to steal your thread but could someone tell me how big kuhlis get?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
CanadianJohn Fingerling Posts: 38 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-Jan-2004	i have 4 in a 30 gallon i went out and bought some sinking pellets and drop a few in at night and mine usually come out to get the pellets other than that if i go a few days without droping pellets i dont see them at all
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
TheGoldenDojo Fish Addict Posts: 575 Kudos: 559 Votes: 8 Registered: 04-Apr-2004	kuhli loaches get around 3 or 4 inches, tops.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Thanks everybody, I found the 3rd Kuhli comfortably hiding under a flat stone (God knows how he got there), I fellow inside a cave in the driftwood. The opening is so small that when he puts his head out, he cant go back in because his fins block the way, and the 3rd fellow I see everyday because he is quite active. They dont seem to be eating anything though. I dont see them touching any sinking pellets, blood worms, live worms, anything. When you say you put sinking pellets in the tank and they come get them, do you really see them munching away at the food???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
johnnylaw1984 Enthusiast Posts: 158 Kudos: 168 Votes: 19 Registered: 27-Sep-2004	i rarely see my kuhli loach eat, he is a clean up crew for my aquarium. he eates the left over food that the other fish do not eat.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	Has he grown any fatter. Mine look like small worms and I am hoping they grow fat?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
johnnylaw1984 Enthusiast Posts: 158 Kudos: 168 Votes: 19 Registered: 27-Sep-2004	i havnt noticed a diffrence in length or girth. they usuall remain to be smaller loaches
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	they will get fatter, it just takes a while. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	:%) I spend hours everyday looking for them and trying to see if they are growing any fatter. They are coming out a lot more these days and love sinking pellets and tubifex worms. I have two that have stripes with a yellow circle in each and one that has plain black stripes. Looks like I have two different species.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06


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