From the article: Weather Loach
Have you kept a Weather Loach? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Weather Loaches. Your knowledge could help other owners! Share Your Experiences
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- I have a 7-inch long fish, and, KathSouthwell, don't worry! That happened to mine, too!
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My Weather loaches Benjiro and Min-e
- I have two weather loaches that I have had for a few months in a ten gallon. They are an adorable pair. Benjiro is a male spotted dojo. Min-e is a female golden dojo, a few years younger then Benjiro. They are my companions, and we have been through so much together already. I wouldn't trade them for the world. I love loaches!
- —Guest C. M. Toennisson
Weather loach
- I love them. I had only one for about 3 months and got him/her from a friend who had it by itself for about 6 months. He/she is about 5 inches long and sooo much fun. I just bought two more yesterday, as they are seasonal in our pet shops here in Victoria, BC. They were a big hit with the "lonely" fellow. They are now three happy Loaches. Sooo much fun to watch. Just thought I would share that.
- —Guest Sue
My 2 weather loaches
- I own 2 weather loaches in a newly establised 260L Vincenza tank with 2 swordtails, a platy, 3 angels and an armoured sailfin- the platy recently had dropsy but is recovering via regular doses of melafix- will this harm my loaches? 1 of them is slightly paler than the other but they both seem perfectly healthy. they are very social and playful, they like to swim and squirm alongside each other as if playing games. However I have never seen them burrowig into the substrate (fine gravel), as other people have reported. They are the best fish I have ever kept and will probably get more!
- —Guest Tom M
fabulous
- I have 2 weather loaches, and have trained them to feed out of my hands. They love to be handled. Their fave food is chicken and peas. I find them very entertaining.
- —Guest mandy
We have 7 weather loaches
- We have a total of 7 weather loaches, the biggest being 6inches he is the common brown colour and the smallest at about 2 inches is after reading through this we believe to be a golden dojo loach, they are by far our favorite fish apart from out axolotl. Every single one of our weather loaches are different colours and have completely different markings, we have a very strange little one which facial features are even very different from the rest of our weather loaches and we would like to know abit more about it because he seems so unique from the rest. Its mouth and bristles are more facing down, than outwards like the rest, its whole head seems to be alot longer than the others too. Its like a cross between a sucking loach and a weather loach. It has a weather loaches body and a head which has features both found in sucking loaches and weather loaches. Please contact us on our email address if you know anything about him. blondebeth@hotmail.com
- —Guest Beth+Jamie
Where is my Weather Loauch ?
- My weather loauch went missing about 4 days ago and I still ca'nt find him. They are very good anyimals to keep but are little bugers sometimes. Can anyone help,me and give surgestions were he might be hiding ?
- —Guest Liam
Weather Loaches!
- I had never realized that loaches could really predict the weather until I read the profile...as far as I knew, he was just a cute little squiggly in the bottom of my tank....now we use him to help predict whether or not we should go fishing...it's fun and I love him!!
- —Guest Shauna
Thinking About Owning a Pair
- For now I have two goldfish, Edward, and Lucille. I have been thinking for weeks now about owning a pair of weather loaches, and have been doing some research. Now, after reading these, I think I am finally ready. Oh dear, I suppose that I should get a cover for my filter ahead of time. . . . All of your stories enlightened me, I can't wait to experience them myself, and write one of my own to share! Thank you, -C. M. Toennisson-
- —Guest C. M. Toennisson
Question
- My weather loach isn't moving his gills. What should I do? By the way, sweet website! :-)
- —Guest GUEST
Weather loach
- I have two weather loaches. One seems to be laid back and the other is super hyper. They are fun to watch. They seem fairly happy. I droped a peeled pea into the tank. and they swam past it. I dont think they liked it.. But i think everyone should have a weather loach..
- —Guest angel
I love my Weather Loaches.
- I have a pair of them. They are cute, comic, easy to care for, and one of the most fun fish I have ever kept. They are inveterate jumpers and very very curious little guys. They will jump right out of a tank without a lid, and if there is the smallest gap between the filter and hood, or any way of escape, they will find it. They also will wedge themselves in impossible places. They like to bury themselves, and like my clown-loach they sometimes act oddly (sitting upside down or on their sides, on the bottom of the tank). Their favourite place to be is wedged under a plastic or real plant, or partially buried. I recommend that loach keepers always allow for the burrowing behaviour of their loach pets, by choosing an aquarium substrate that will not harm the fish, and also that all weather loach (regular or the so called golden dojo loach) that are jumpers, should be kept in a tank with a secure lid. Warren
- —Guest Warren
Weather loach
- My weather loach is approx 10 inch long. I have had him for years,in a tank with other fish, and is very friendly with the other fish. Can anybody help me as at the moment he is displaying signs that I have not seen before he is lying on his back and making sounds. When I touch him he swims off but he does not seem to have any bounancy when at the bottom of the tank floating to the top then lying on his side. I have put him in another tank on his own. He is then lying on his stomach on top of the filter with his head out of the water is this normal or am I going to lose him. He is one of my favourite favourite fish and I would be upset if anything happens to him. My husband can't understand how I can get attached to fish.
- —KathSouthwell
