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lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005    | I was doing a deep gravel vac since I am rearanging some things and when I lifted the rock the kuhlis live under I noticed one was considerably larger than the other two. I thought one might have died since I've only seen two in the past month, glad I was wrong. Does anyone know what a pregnant kuhli looks like? |
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Dakafall  Banned Posts: 218 Kudos: 224 Votes: 7 Registered: 14-Nov-2004 | um, 1st off, kuhlis lay eggs, and what do the scales look like on it? does she somewhat look like a pinecone of sorts? Daka<<<<  |
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houston    Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003  | Maybe she is full of eggs? But if she is looking like pineconish I wouldn't think so  ..."I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle |
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| lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005 | Nope. She or he doesnot look like a pinecone. Maybe I just have a fat kuhli. She/he gets wider from the head back and the tale from the anal fin is small. Don't know maybe I'll just watch and see. P.S. what scales? Last edited by lowlight at 20-Apr-2005 00:26 |
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| Dakafall Banned Posts: 218 Kudos: 224 Votes: 7 Registered: 14-Nov-2004 |  wow heidi and i need to be hit, hmmmm, a loach with scales hey, i was tired  what size tank is it in? what tank mates? what are you feeding it? what is the ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, and pH? Daka<<<< |
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003 | Kuhli loaches do occasionally spawn in home aquaria, but it is pretty rare. The eggs are bright green, so you'd know if one of them laid eggs. The water parameters would have to be near to what kuhlis are used to in the wild though, with soft, acidic water.   I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005 | no amonia no nitrites nitrate 2.0 ph 8.0 about my water is hard alkalinity around 180 I don't think this is ideal kuhli water but they do ok. |
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| Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003 | That water is perfectly fine for regular maintenance, but they are unlikely to spawn. It is more likely that one of them is just eating more than the other, and therefore you have varying sizes between individual fish. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005 | Thats what I thought, a fat kuhli. Thanks for the responses. Last edited by lowlight at 21-Apr-2005 23:46 |
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| Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003  | they look sorta like a snake does after it eatsa rat they take this shape for bout a week then lay the eggs they r brite green n r laid in floating fine leafed plants |
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| lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005 | Yea, my kuhli does look sort of like a snake after it eats. I'll just have to wait and see. |
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| clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003  | http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/kuhli_eggs.html Thats a link to loaches.com. A Short but useful article about breeding kuhlies including 2 pics of a kuhli full with eggs and 1 picture with the actual eggs. Hope it helps. |
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| lowlight Enthusiast Posts: 166 Kudos: 94 Registered: 03-Apr-2005 | My kuhli isn't quite that fat yet definetly the same basic shape. hhmmm, I wonder? I did see something that looked like the eggs under some driftwood where they hang out, not there any more though I do have 6 corys. I will have to keep an eye out to see if there's any more and isolate them. I do have a 20gal with a dozen white clouds and a guppy. Last edited by lowlight at 24-Apr-2005 03:22 |
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| susiq Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 68 Votes: 4 Registered: 14-Mar-2005 | http://www.loaches.com/species_images/kuhli_wide.jpg |
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