Black Khuli Loach

[xkenneth]

Does anyone have one of these? I'm just curious as to what they notice as far as behaviour goes. My black khuli lives in a tank with two other striped khuli loaches. The two regular ones are very shy and spend most of their time hiding, but the black is a completely different story. He does vertical circles on the tank walls all day long, literally 24/7. I'm beginning to think he's brain damaged or something of that matter. Just curious if anyone else notices such active behaviour from a khuli.

 

[sudz]

My clown loach did that for almost 2 months! AFter a while, he stopped, but he has a permanant dark grey spot on his forehead. Now, he acts like more of a fish than a loach.
When i feed flakes, he comes up to the surface with all the other fish, flips upside down, and starts sucking at the surface to get food. It makes a loud clicking noise!

Usually fish do that if they're a bit peeved about their change of scenery. Kinda like a dog sniffs out a house. Check compatiblilty charts, see what PH and temp the loach is used to. I know alot of loaches like it warm (80-82 degrees or higher) I keep both my tanks at 80-81

 

[sir_dudeguy]

my regular kuhlies do that every now and then, specially when i turn on the lights, or if i go look at the tank in the middle of the night when all lights are off i can see them swimming around like that. i think its just normal tho. i've had mine for 3 years or so, and they've been fine the whole time, but they've always done that every now and then.

 

[xkenneth]

Not sure about the PH, but he lives in my discus tank so i keep the water a warm 82. I've actually been able to keep the water at the temperature without a heater, the flourescent lights put off quite alot of heat and add about 4 degrees to my house (which is usually kept around 78.)