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Hello! I have had these kuhli loaches for about 3 weeks now.

There are 6 of them in my 15 gal which is planted and has lots of hides/hardscape and sandy substrate.

The others all look fine from what I have seen of them but this one came out today at feeding time and seems to have stark white patches on its body!! he seems to be eating and otherwise fine though.

these have either shown up overnight or this is a kuhli who has been hiding when I’ve been watching the tank and I’ve not seen him before to notice this developing.

When I got them there were a few that were significantly paler than the others but I assumed that was just stress colouration from shipping/transport. Could this be the remnants of that as regular colour returns or is it an injury/illness?

If it isn’t normal colouration adjustment, how can I treat it?

My parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5.0 nitrate, 7.6 ph, 7 gh, 5 kh.

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Why is it so fat? Is that bad? All my other loaches are tiny in comparison...

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/pangio/s/tawsBv2Ova

Hello all, I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who commented on my last post trying to help me figure out what was wrong with my poor loach.

Through lots of monitoring since I noticed it and process of elimination by researching all the suggestions I got for what it could possibly be, I believe the correct answer for my specific case is that this little dude has managed to find the one small part of the wood that I missed when I sanded it while scaping and chosen to make his nest underneath it 🙄😭

I believe I have found the culprit snag this evening and smoothed it down best I could, so hopefully this won’t be an issue again, but I will obviously keep a close eye on this guy and the others to make sure we don’t see any more injuries.

My next course of action is to just make sure the water stays pristine and up the amount of IAL in the tank to help ensure the scars can fully heal without worry of infection.

Here’s a video of him from tonight after I fed the tank (bloodworm night is their fave) he was one of the first kuhlis to come out for the food, he’s active, curious, eating well, no clamped fins or irregular breathing, and confident enough to hold his share of food against the shrimp, kubotai, and other kuhlis, and alert enough that when i leaned in too close to the tank to try to get a better look at him he was gone before i could blink, so he’s definitely not showing any behavioural signs of illness at all. I was so glad to see him out and about like this, so I hope it brings some of you joy too!

Thank you all so much again, I will keep update if anything changes.

Trimmed and replanted my ambulia to make a little loach forest and kevin likes to spend his time scavenging up in the ambulia!

Isn’t she pretty?

I have 6 of these little guys and I absolutely adore them. They’re much less shy than I expected initially and I can always see at least one or two out and about.

That said, I have them in a 15 gallon (60x30x31cm) as they were sold as “dwarf kuhli” but I think they’re looking more like p. kuhlii or semicinta?

If so is the tank still appropriate for them? It’s got sandy substrate, lots of hides and plants, and no other bottom dwellers aside from some shrimp.

I don’t want them to feel crowded but i also have no idea how i would transfer them to a bigger tank without taking apart my whole scape as they’re quick and sneaky little dudes😭

Does anyone notice if something is off with my Kuhli loaches? I have read a lot about how to tell if they are stressed/sick and I’ve seen with the shape of them as well as color fading can indicate something’s wrong. But I genuinely cannot tell if they look more pale or not or skinny since I haven’t seen them before owning them myself so it’s hard to compare. I am new to fish keeping and LOVE my guys sm I just want to make sure they look healthy