YoYo Loach Questions + (Sick?) Pics - Aquarium Advice

grimlock3000 · 07-09-2004, 12:15 AM

The YoYos I just got tonight are nice looking fish, about 3 inches long. At the store they looked a lot smaller, but once I got them home they are big compared to the other tiny fish in the tank. Anyway, after looking at other Loach pics online, mine are skinny

Not sickly skinny, the fish still look healthy with good colors and swim around a lot. They simply do not have that cute Loach pudginess I see in so many pictures. They were in a tank with large Gouramis at the pet store so I have a feeling they did not eat much for a while. I fed them some OSI flakes while they were being acclimated and they ate them. What is the best type of food to fatten up these fish? All I have for food right now is OSI and Omega One flakes. I threw away all my other food a couple weeks ago to start over with fresh stuff.

I am making a couple of black caves for the Loaches right now, I will post pics when I am done.

TankGirl · 07-09-2004, 12:24 AM

I have seen a rash recently on the forums of TB in loaches, so skinniness is a red flag to me, but as long as they are eating and behaving normally I would not worry - competitiveness for food in the tank at the [acronym:845b5e6a9d="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:845b5e6a9d] is a common problem, so they should fatten up under your expert care!

grimlock3000 · 07-09-2004, 12:25 AM

TB huh?

More info please... Anything I can do as a preventitive?

grimlock3000 · 07-09-2004, 12:29 AM

Btw tomorrow I begin feeding the tank Pepso Food for a few days as a preventitive in case anything tagged along from the pet store...

Fruitbat · 07-09-2004, 01:41 AM

If you want to fatten up your YoYo Loaches....get some frozen bloodworms and maybe even some Hikari algae wafers. Mine eat like pigs when bloodworms are offered and they click like fiends when they're going after an algae wafer!

grimlock3000 · 07-09-2004, 01:46 AM

I would have payed double for these YoYos if I knew they would be clickers. I hope mine click, stuff like that is annoying to other people but I love it :P I actually went to Wal Mart tonight looking for Hikari algae wafers and they were all out. I will just pay double at the pet store and get some tomorrow

Can I feed these fish at night when the tank is totally dark (no room light and almost 0 ambient light)? I know my Pleco can get around with no light, not sure about the YoYos yet...

Fruitbat · 07-09-2004, 02:03 AM

Yes...the YoYos will eat at night but will be plenty active during the day as well. They will click like crazy for algae wafers!!!

TankGirl · 07-09-2004, 10:05 AM

TB is actually mycobacterium and the symptoms are wasting (thinness) and lesions on the body, scale loss and sometimes spinal curvatures. It is treated with drugs like Kanamycin.

I have seen a lot posted about it recently so it is something to be aware of, as any fish can get it, but if the loach is acting healthy and eating it might just be from not getting enough to eat at the [acronym:01c0a98dca="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:01c0a98dca].

docrak · 07-09-2004, 10:50 AM

Mine seem to like shrimp pellets. They also love those algae wafers. Freeze dried worms, they'll swim to the surface for those. They also love zucchini.

grimlock3000 · 07-09-2004, 01:55 PM

I am going to have to double my water changes as I try to fatten up these fish

07-09-2004, 12:15 AM	#1
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	YoYo Loach Questions + (Sick?) Pics The YoYos I just got tonight are nice looking fish, about 3 inches long. At the store they looked a lot smaller, but once I got them home they are big compared to the other tiny fish in the tank. Anyway, after looking at other Loach pics online, mine are skinny Not sickly skinny, the fish still look healthy with good colors and swim around a lot. They simply do not have that cute Loach pudginess I see in so many pictures. They were in a tank with large Gouramis at the pet store so I have a feeling they did not eat much for a while. I fed them some OSI flakes while they were being acclimated and they ate them. What is the best type of food to fatten up these fish? All I have for food right now is OSI and Omega One flakes. I threw away all my other food a couple weeks ago to start over with fresh stuff. I am making a couple of black caves for the Loaches right now, I will post pics when I am done. __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

07-09-2004, 12:24 AM	#2
TankGirl Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 8,279 Images: 16	I have seen a rash recently on the forums of TB in loaches, so skinniness is a red flag to me, but as long as they are eating and behaving normally I would not worry - competitiveness for food in the tank at the [acronym:845b5e6a9d="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:845b5e6a9d] is a common problem, so they should fatten up under your expert care! __________________ TG Central Virginians click here and join the Regional Forum! View My Gallery Here

07-09-2004, 12:25 AM	#3
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	TB huh? More info please... Anything I can do as a preventitive? __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

07-09-2004, 12:29 AM	#4
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	Btw tomorrow I begin feeding the tank Pepso Food for a few days as a preventitive in case anything tagged along from the pet store... __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

07-09-2004, 01:41 AM	#5
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	If you want to fatten up your YoYo Loaches....get some frozen bloodworms and maybe even some Hikari algae wafers. Mine eat like pigs when bloodworms are offered and they click like fiends when they're going after an algae wafer! __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

07-09-2004, 01:46 AM	#6
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	I would have payed double for these YoYos if I knew they would be clickers. I hope mine click, stuff like that is annoying to other people but I love it :P I actually went to Wal Mart tonight looking for Hikari algae wafers and they were all out. I will just pay double at the pet store and get some tomorrow Can I feed these fish at night when the tank is totally dark (no room light and almost 0 ambient light)? I know my Pleco can get around with no light, not sure about the YoYos yet... __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

07-09-2004, 02:03 AM	#7
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Yes...the YoYos will eat at night but will be plenty active during the day as well. They will click like crazy for algae wafers!!! __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

07-09-2004, 10:05 AM	#8
TankGirl Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 8,279 Images: 16	TB is actually mycobacterium and the symptoms are wasting (thinness) and lesions on the body, scale loss and sometimes spinal curvatures. It is treated with drugs like Kanamycin. I have seen a lot posted about it recently so it is something to be aware of, as any fish can get it, but if the loach is acting healthy and eating it might just be from not getting enough to eat at the [acronym:01c0a98dca="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:01c0a98dca]. __________________ TG Central Virginians click here and join the Regional Forum! View My Gallery Here

07-09-2004, 10:50 AM	#9
docrak Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Troy, Michigan Posts: 252 Images: 5	Mine seem to like shrimp pellets. They also love those algae wafers. Freeze dried worms, they'll swim to the surface for those. They also love zucchini.

07-09-2004, 01:55 PM	#10
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	I am going to have to double my water changes as I try to fatten up these fish __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

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