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Topic: feeding advice!!!
Posted: 08 February 2010 at 6:04pm

I have purchased three of these loaches...

I have fed them normal flake food and just now some blood worms... However, they and my other fish seem to hang out around the top of the tank and seem like they are gasping for air... Then they dive to the bottom...

Am I doing Ok! feeding them?

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Posted: 08 February 2010 at 7:14pm

I think that is a Botia Loach Steve. Won't grow as large as the Clown Loach so that's a bonus

The food you are offering them should be fine but give it a few days, new arrivals don't always eat straight away

The "hanging around the top" is usually a sign that there is not enough oxygen in the water. You need to make sure that you have plenty of surface movement in the tank. Not sure what type of filter came with that tank but if it has a return (theplace where the water is returnd from the filter back into the tank) and it is a sprout type then this should be positioned at the surface of the water so that it creates a slight splash and breaks the water surface. Failing that you could always buy a small, cheapish powerhead to run in the tank to create some more surface movement

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Posted: 08 February 2010 at 8:22pm

There pretty cool looking fish i have some golden chinese algae eaters very similar.

65 ltr tank, 8 Neon tetras, 4 Colombian Pink tetras, 4 Platys, 2 Flame tetras, 3 Black Phantoms, 2 Dwarf Gouramis, 2 Guppies, 1 Female figher fish

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Posted: 08 February 2010 at 8:58pm

The botia refers to the species, so most loaches are actually botia loaches

The clown loach is botis macharantha and the yoyo loach is Botia Lochata for example.

Yours are actually Botia dario often called the Queen loach or Bengal loach, hits about 8cm and is a nice peaceful fish

Edited by manutius - 08 February 2010 at 8:58pm

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mar1957tin Likes To Chat AquaTrax User: no Joined: 22 November 2009 Last Active: 05 September 2010 Posts: 68 Articles: 0 Member Rating: 3	Topic: feeding advice!!! Posted: 08 February 2010 at 6:04pm
	I have purchased three of these loaches... I have fed them normal flake food and just now some blood worms... However, they and my other fish seem to hang out around the top of the tank and seem like they are gasping for air... Then they dive to the bottom... Am I doing Ok! feeding them?
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Goonerman1 Moderators Marine Forum Moderator AquaTrax User: YES Joined: 20 December 2006 Last Active: Yesterday Posts: 6324 Articles: 3 Member Rating: 390	Posted: 08 February 2010 at 7:14pm
	I think that is a Botia Loach Steve. Won't grow as large as the Clown Loach so that's a bonus The food you are offering them should be fine but give it a few days, new arrivals don't always eat straight away The "hanging around the top" is usually a sign that there is not enough oxygen in the water. You need to make sure that you have plenty of surface movement in the tank. Not sure what type of filter came with that tank but if it has a return (theplace where the water is returnd from the filter back into the tank) and it is a sprout type then this should be positioned at the surface of the water so that it creates a slight splash and breaks the water surface. Failing that you could always buy a small, cheapish powerhead to run in the tank to create some more surface movement
	Click here to see my 5x2x2 Marine set up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZRZMI34smU
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GerryTheChip Newbie AquaTrax User: no Joined: 10 December 2009 Last Active: 20 June 2010 Posts: 49 Articles: 0 Member Rating: 4	Posted: 08 February 2010 at 8:22pm
	There pretty cool looking fish i have some golden chinese algae eaters very similar.
	65 ltr tank, 8 Neon tetras, 4 Colombian Pink tetras, 4 Platys, 2 Flame tetras, 3 Black Phantoms, 2 Dwarf Gouramis, 2 Guppies, 1 Female figher fish
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manutius Admin Group The Boss AquaTrax User: YES View My Setup Joined: 06 January 2006 Last Active: 03 September 2010 Posts: 16418 Articles: 9 Member Rating: 424	Posted: 08 February 2010 at 8:58pm
	The botia refers to the species, so most loaches are actually botia loaches The clown loach is botis macharantha and the yoyo loach is Botia Lochata for example. Yours are actually Botia dario often called the Queen loach or Bengal loach, hits about 8cm and is a nice peaceful fish Edited by manutius - 08 February 2010 at 8:58pm
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