Multiple species are labeled as kuhli loaches, but Pangio kuhlii is the most common type with its alternating pinkish-yellow and dark brown bands. Black kuhli loaches Pangio oblonga and silver kuhli loaches Pangio anguillaris are other varieties found in the aquarium trade.
Regardless of which species you prefer, make sure to choose healthy fish from your fish store that are alert and eating well. Therefore, we highly encourage you to get a group of at least three to six for a gallon aquarium or larger so that they feel safe enough to come out and explore. Given how peaceful they are, you can easily keep them with other community fish like tetras, rasboras, and even betta fish.
As nocturnal creatures, they tend to be a little shy in the daytime and like to seek cover, so provide lots of hiding spots and aquarium plants for their habitat. Also, they will appreciate any kind of smooth substrate that is safe to dig in as they scavenge for food at the bottom of the aquarium. They prefer sinking foods such as community pellets , Repashy gel food , frozen bloodworms, and live blackworms. Also, unlike other members of the loach family, they are not known for eating snails or shrimp.
If the content is needed to carefully monitor the water parameters. Its natural habitat includes slow-flowing rivers in Thailand. The size in the aquarium is up to 9 cm. The body is reddish-yellow, the number of stripes reaches pieces. Unlike Kuhli loach, the stripes are regular, black, and completely encircle the body. Twilight fish does not like bright light. Most of the time he hides in shelters. Kuhli loaches are very mobile fish, so it is best to keep them in spacious Aquariums of 50 liters.
You need a cover or cover glass as the fish may accidentally jump. As a soil, you can use sand, because kuhli loach likes to dig into it and look for food to eat. During the day, fish prefers to hide in shelters, so it is desirable to place hooks, grottos, and rhizomes in the aquarium.
It is very important to provide clean water and stable environmental parameters for which it is important to organize effective filtration and ventilation. The current should not be strong. Since loaches are twilight fish, bright lighting will be inappropriate, they will feel more comfortable under diffuse, subdued light. The aquarium can be planted undemanding to cover plants: Waterweeds, Ceratophyllum, Vallisneria.
On the surface of the aquarium, you should place pistia or riccia-you will shade it from bright light. Acanthophthalmus-very peaceful fish and get along well with most quiet species in the general aquarium.
Great neighbors are — tetras, Danio, Seluang fish, guppies, neon, angelfish, Cory catfish. There are no conflicts with their relatives, they live well in groups. Kuhli loach can be safely planted in an aquarium with shrimp, these fish will not harm crustaceans.
But there are also a number of fish with which cohabitation is not recommended. Goldfish, are fans of digging on the ground and can devour a kuhli loach in the process. Territorial bottom fish like Labeo also can also harm loaches. The length of its elongated snake-like body reaches 15 cm , the color is light yellow and dark brown transverse stripes run along the body. The mouth of these fish is lower, adapted to the lower type of feeding. The fish is quiet, demersal fish. It is mainly active at night, during the day it hides in a secret place, and sometimes it is buried in the ground, so it is necessary to use sand as soil.
Kuhli loaches eat especially sludge worm, can be found in the ground. Winds breathe through the intestines and skin. Like all fish, they react to changes in air pressure and are very restless before the rain. Easily jumps out of the aquarium, so it should be with a lid. The aquarium should be long. In a sterile aquarium with a capacity of 50 liters, water with a hardness of 6. Being the bottom-dwellers, kuhli loaches hide and only uncover themselves when it is time for feeding.
This is why these are sought-after pets for household aquarium tanks. The rest is on you how you take care of it by providing it the right feeding and environment.
Kuhli loaches are omnivores, meaning they can consume bite-sized contents related to the matter of animals and plants. After all, they are living beings and need feeding that satiates their feeding requirements. Kuhli loaches have a small mouth, which can only feed on small particles of food. That said, kuhli loaches consume uneaten particles, insects, worms, larvae, and so on. No matter what they are fed, kuhli loaches will reach the bottom to collect their food.
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