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Name your favorite loaches.

I should actually change my name to loachfanatic, lol

heres my list-
clowns
zebras
khulis
hillstreams
yoyo

Clowns, definitely clowns!

I vote! Do you?

1.Weather/Dojo Loaches
2.Zebra Loaches
3.Yoyo Loaches
4.Khuli Loaches
5.Hillstream Loaches
6.Clown Loaches

Naturally I would have to say Clowns seeing I have had them for many years.

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Clowns
They are so great,active and clowny swiming!

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I'v never kept loaches but i would say khulis(if im thinking of the right one) becasue i could actully have those

Pretty much any species of hillie.

clowns and khulis

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I only kept Clowns & Yoyo's, but i prefer the Clowns & i have 1 in my planted tank.

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you truley are a loach fanatic clown. lol i think you should change your name to loachfanatic itd be more appropiate. umm ive only ever had clowns. but i enjoyed them very much! well i had a dojo for a few days and i liked him while i had him but he sadly died shortly after i bought him.

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come on, there has to be more loach fans out there

As previously stated, I'm a big fan of balitorids. Amongst them, small mouthed species such as sewellia and beautfortia take preference (my lineolata fry are currently suffering through a heat salt treatment due to some barbs that I thoughtlessly added without quarantine, but I still enjoy them). Pseudogastros are pretty tight as well. After those come the elongate species of rivs; homaloptera, vailentella (of course), shistura, etc. Pangio and kin are also up there. Strangely enough botiids are probably my least favorite loach species. Go figure.

I love my Kuhli loaches. I have two black and two stripeys. I love their cute little faces and they spend most of their time loop de looping at the front of my tank.

More recently I got 4 clown loaches but they haven't finished their hiding rubbish yet. When I first put them in the tank, one decided he was a siamese fighter and swam everywhere with my real fighter. The fighter was not impressed and changed his colors and flared up. The clown got the message and went back to his own kind.

Another clown has decided my whiptail must share his log. Whippy is not amused. The clowns have a whole 2ft long hollow battleship to play in but they like sleep overs with everyone else.

zebra loaches.

1-Clown Loaches
2-Yoyo Loaches
3-Khuli Loaches

They are the only ones I've ever kept. All are great and interesting to watch. Only caveat with the Clowns is to make sure you have a large enough tank.

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I have a deal with my lfs. I only got my little clown loaches on the agreement that I can exchange for more little ones when the originals get to big for their tank.
OMG I haven't had them for long and today there was this odd sonic clicking noise coming from the tank. They talk like dolphins? Coolamundo.

Awesome, what size is your tank and how many did you get?