Courtship of black kulhi loachs

[Tetra1990]

I have 4 of these in my 29 gallon. Last night after lights out I noticed two of them acting weird. They were under a root decoration and intertwining their bodies like snakes. Could it be a mating thing? Sorry I didnt think about getting a picture. But three of them are big and thick and the other one is pretty small. So maybe a male and 3 females?

 

[daveho]

from the very limited info out there about breeding kuhli loaches i would say no its prolly not breeding because the only verifyed accout i have come across had the male and femail swimminig franticly togeather in the mid and upper water levels but there are only a few aquarist who have breed khulii loaches and considerably less who witnessed it so even though i doubt it i really hope it is take lots of pics and document it just in case

 

[Tetra1990]

Yeah, I didn't really think so, but you never know. During the day, they are just sitting on the bottom. But at lights out, PARTY!

 

[bettaowner]

It could be breeding. Then again there is so many opinions about kuhli loach breeding. Some sources state that they are bubble nesters.

 

[daveho]

i acctuly got 6 the other day to try my hand at it as well