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Offline four_by_ken

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Picked up some skunk loaches
« on: March 10, 2013, 08:42:09 PM »
So, after the meeting discussion.... I looked for some skunk loatches and found them at Preuss.

They are very small, but survived the night.  I thought they all got ate, But just saw them.  Three of them
Cool looking little fellas.

Always wanted to get a clown loach, but I am too cheap to get bigger ones.

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2013, 08:52:40 PM »
Royal Tropical Fish always has clown loaches and for a decent price too ($8 - $10) range depending on size...
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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2013, 08:55:25 PM »
Give them some snails...they will go wild.  Pond snails are better than MTS in case they did not all get eaten.

Skunk loaches also 'talk'...or so I have been told by a friend that I gave one of mine to.

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 09:23:29 PM »
Royal Tropical Fish always has clown loaches and for a decent price too ($8 - $10) range depending on size...


Clown loaches get too big though.

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2013, 09:26:01 PM »
Give them some snails...they will go wild.  Pond snails are better than MTS in case they did not all get eaten.

Skunk loaches also 'talk'...or so I have been told by a friend that I gave one of mine to.

The noises are part of the reason I looked into them.

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2013, 10:43:52 PM »
Give them some snails...they will go wild.  Pond snails are better than MTS in case they did not all get eaten.

Skunk loaches also 'talk'...or so I have been told by a friend that I gave one of mine to.

I've seen several mentions of snail's.   What size and type of cichlids like snails? 

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2013, 11:04:08 PM »
roadeasii love snails.

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Re: Picked up some skunk loaches
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2013, 08:20:12 AM »
They survived another night.  I think I might be in the clear.

They were getting chased by some of the larger Mbuna and really chased by the Frontosa.