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I got two kuhli loaches from a friend who could no longer keep them. I released them to my community tank and didnt see them for 2 years. Today I started a total redo of my setup and found 5! So I guess I was a succesful by accident :D
I managed to convince my snake-phobic mom that I had bought 4 water-dwelling snakes for my tank. She almost had me emancipated then and there. Worth it.
These have always seemed to be the Party fish of the aquarium. Remind me of some guys that lived next door in the 70's. Party hard all night, sleep all day afterwards.
I have been able to train mine to go into the net when i do deep cleans on some of my tanks. I started out putting their favorite food in the net and they learned that the net means brine shrimp so they want to go into it.
Kuhli are my favorite fish, honestly. I have 3 striped and 1 black loach in a guppy communal tank and they're always out playing. they spend most of their time swimming around and against the glass, along my bubble wall and playing in their sand pool that I put in there so they could burrow separately than my planted substrate. They've managed to become the stars of my tank. I got them after watching this video months ago when I was first getting into the hobby. Thanks for all you do cory!
@@sophiadeloach6515 hey Sophia hello I just purchased a pair of kuhli loach my tank is not planted so what should I give them to eat any idea ???? I got flakes and dry tublix worms ??
These guys can be world hide and seek champions, I had a few of them in a tank and years past and I thought they were long dead, it wasnt until I moved house and redid the tank I found them living in my undergravel filter !!! cool fish. 😂
I love my Kuhli Loaches, everyone always says that they hide away but mine are out constantly. Probably helps that i've got them in a well planted tank, so they know if they are ever in danger they have plenty of places to hide.
@@turnipsucks6416 oh there are a few more tricks. The more loaches you have the more active they become. High light certainly makes them stay down more. And while a load of plants does make them feel more secure, remember they're still slender grounddwellers. They'll be less shy but still in an area where they stand out less. So I dunno, if youbhave plants that are more dense in the upper areas they're easier to spot. Oh and try to feed them close to the viewing panels.
@@a.b.8080 Great tips. For now I'm still working on balancing the tank out and working with a little bit of transitional melt (recent issue) with S. Repens I purchased. They dropped what I consider a significant amount of foliage (60%) give or take after about 3 weeks. There is new growth on top of everything, so yeah, balancing first before I consider the kuli's. I want them, but for noe the yoyo's are awesome to watch. They aren't shy any more and come up to the front of the tank to eat and scurry about picking through substrate constantly. Tank is only 55 gallon long (4 ft by approx 15-18 inches wide. Should be good for kulis once the plants grow in.
"mostly shy" and "nocturnal" definitely doesn't describe my bunch of nutters, I don't think they ever sleep. Definitely agree easy to keep, only lost one to the filter before we started wrapping the inlet with very course sponge to let them grow out.
I am in the process of starting a heavily planted tank and have been researching for days. Kuhli loaches will be the largest fish in this 45 gallon tank. Everything else will be nano sized. Super excited....Cory has been my #1 go to on EVERY SINGLE FACET OF RESEARCH I HAVE COMPLETED. He explains in a way I understand...every time I pulled my hair out over something like CO2 or substrate, Cory had the answers. Love this guy!
i had a school (8) of buenos aires tetra in a tank. I moved them to a larger tank. i used SOME of the gravel for the new tank. Now the original tank has guppies in it. A female guppy is very pregnant, so I'm watching out for fry every morning. Well, today ( full weeks after the move) I found two Buenos Aires fry in my guppy tank. Still no guppy fry. i didn't intend to breed buenos aires, but they're here and they're welcome!
I have found if you have a planted tank and caves made with wood, rocks or other decorations giving them hiding places, you will see them much more; especially when you feed you fish as they are not afraid to come out and get their share of the food, because they have safe places to retreat to if they feel unsure, fearful or threatened. They will find their favorite place and group up together for safety and security. They are very hard to catch in a highly decorated planted tank as they are very fast and can change direction in a split second. But they are so neat to see then swimming about the root around in the substrate or peek out from hiding somewhere, like are you looking for me, here I am or I see you can you find me? They also help in tank cleanup with their digging and poking around in places like plant near the roots or crevices that water may not flow to much, as the wiggly and poke around it causes the detritus to keep actively moving in the water column so the filter can suck it up and remove it properly. Highly recommend them but have several at one time I personally like five or six as they are so fun to watch them interact with each other. Also make sure you have a tight cover on your aquarium as they have been know to get out the aquarium to explore.
I used to have two Kuhli loaches... very hardy and made me feel I was a very good pet owner because they lived for at least 8 or 9 years in my aquarium. Also, they seemed not to need any “care” at all. Lol. Planning to get three Kuhli loaches (just in the process of getting back into my childhood hobby... thanks to the pandemic). ;-)
Aquarium Co-Op I’ve got a 19 gallon tank, I’m planning on putting a blue gourami in there and maybe some ember tetras or cherry barbs. What would u recommend and how many? What else could I put in there for the bottom?
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Thank you Cory. I asked you about this on your last live stream and when you didnt answer I went on the hunt on your channel. Thanks for the solid information
The shop i went to was a pro at catching kuhlis, i asked for 4 and he dipped his net once into a tank of them and boom pulled 4 out right on the first try it was dang impressive! love these wormy guys
Super excited about these guys just got me 6 of em 4 banded 2 black and I’ve been waiting for the banded ones forever and now I got 4 of them !! Can’t wait to see these guys grow out!!
Khulli loaches are awesome! Lots of variation in personalities. Some hide all the time, others will glass surf the sides of their tank, and others will explore and hang out in odd places like the top of HOB filters (all they need is just a tiny bit of water to do this).
Love my noodles. Recently saw them plump and lounging in my anubias roots like plump bums. They also love squigling through a long squiggly indentation on my driftwood. Best was three in one of my botanical seed pods sticking their heads out.
Lol you can just say seed pod mate... You wouldn't go around saying "Look at all these botanical flowers" would you lol or " Look at these animal fish" haha...
I had a pair if kuhli loach when i was a kid. They are relatively easy to keep and they are sturdy. Mine lived up to 3 years but never bred. They are rare now, i can't find them in any pet shops here in the Philippines. Nice tutorial video. Thanks for sharing!
that is because they need to be more, i have 8 and they don't hide at all i can see them at all times searching for food, swiming though the plants etc...
as always Cory, so so informative, so laid back so non dogmatic. I guess you can do this only when you are an confident expert with a track record. Cory u r my reference point and guru Thnx
I'd get 4-5 more when possible as they really like "friends" and because of their personalities you might never really see the one. Some like to keep a low profile and others will be all over the place. I bought 9 years ago and have never seen more than 5 at once unless I was rescaping the tank and had pulled everything out.
Fish Profiles I have 3 glofish tetras and 1 gold skirt tetra and 1 black barb tetra, 3 albino corydora catfish and 1 clown tetra, oh yeah and 2 lampeye tetras
Back when I had all my aquariums I had one of those. I also had one called the Horse Head Loach . Both were cool looking and always a nice surprise when you see them lol. I ran deep gravel, 4-6 inch deep, in my aquariums with an under-gravel tray , the good rigged one not that horrible flat style one, with powerheads on the lift tubes.
BigggRoss what brands/ types are the good ug filters? I’ve been looking at getting either penn plax or Lee’s - I like the ones with the incline to one side but never used one before. I’m curious which kinds are horrible? You said flat bottomed, but could you give more detail on what’s not so great features so I can understand what the drawbacks are? Thanks if you can. 🙂
They are so interesting. These are my first love. Mine never hid in the sand, I also made a little cave and they are pretty easy to find. I love feeding them after i turn out the lights. They go into a little frenzy.
The cutest tank I ever had was a 5g planted with a beautiful betta, 6 kuli loaches, and asassine snails. The kuli loaches were always out and about and forraging for and crumbs that somebody might have missed.
ShelbyRae Lane I’m literally doing this but in a planted 30G and I’m gonna have schooling ember tetras as well. I’m super excited and glad to see someone have the same idea as me haha
I have both pangio kuhli and pangio pangia, "regular" and black kuhli loaches. In my experiense, the black ones are way less shy even though I have more of the regular kind. They are always swiming about, super fun, super peaceful - absolutely love them ❤️
I adore my Kuhli loaches! I have the black kind and they're so funny to watch. Some like to swim into the bubbler and float up and then float back down to the bottom.
I had these once and they were very enjoyable. The only thing that bothers me about reclusive creatures in my tanks is if they die I'll never know until too late, maybe even never know at all.
I have an established 55 gal. fairly planted peaceful community tank of goldfish, guppies, rasboras, rainbows, and tetras mostly ordered from Aqua Huna. Then I decided to order a few snails and a pack of 6 Kuhlis. After acclimating and quarantining them for almost 4 hrs. I released them in the tank and the Kuhlis all scooted into the rocks and plants in a blink. This was 2 days and up to now I haven't seen any of the 6 Kuhlis at all. My auto feeder is set at 2X/day and once a day, I would manually feed them frozen brine shrimps also. The tank is also using 2 strips of 48" LEDs, one is set to just red 24/7 but the other is set to multi-color at 12 hrs daily. Also, there are 4 air bubblers, 2 Marineland in tank filters, and (2) 800 gph wavemakers. I'm starting to wonder where the Kuhlis are. How do I entice the Kuhlis to come out? I need your expert advice on this Cory. Thanks and have a good day.
Is there a specific quarantine protocol for Kuhli loaches? Will the quarantine med trio work ok on them, with no harm? I’ll have to go back and listen to that video again to double check but thought I’d ask, too. Just ordered the med trio from your store and can’t wait to get it and put it to use! Thanks for all you do Cory, I am learning so much from watching your videos. I especially appreciate the way that you take the time to give really detailed information and the contingencies of so many things in this hobby. Sometimes the sheer complexity of it all makes my head swim, but I love that you explain the ‘why’s’ behind the possibilities and the if this, then that, answers.
Okay good, thank you! I just got two beautiful gold kuhli loaches from Petco. They are in pristine condition. I wasn't sure if I was feeding them correctly and I can't see all the shrimp I got so I wasn't sure... I was like I thiiiink they are carnivorous or at least omnivore.. I thought I saw somewhere that the shrimp pellets would be okay til I could get a more specific diet... Honestly, I ADORE them! They are so goofy and animated. I'm sure it's cuz they haven't settled yet but they are also super active all day long. I have had to poke 'em a couple times cuz they'll just float on the top of flop over my lead clip and they legit look dead XD cheeky lil worms. I struggle telling fish apart so I give group names alot. They are 'Orange Slice Squad'.
Nice video on the piggly wigglies. Mine are big and fat and five years old. They like to hide under pieces of wood. So much fun to watch them come out and eat.
I thought Kuhli loaches looked really weird, like snakes (although snakes don’t bother me I just don’t care for them.) But today I saw a handful of them just dive into the gravel and disappear in a half a second or so and my instant reaction was ‘I have GOT to get some of those!! That’s so cool!!!!
I just love your fish profiles. They are the best! Practical and sensible advice. Keep them coming! Also, if you take request for these, do emperor tetra's once. I'd love to try these fish once.
LFS don’t have any of these but I’ve been able to acquire black ones. I have three so far and they move around so much. Never hide longer than five seconds.
@@LEE-kq9tq I have 2 and if I have them sexed right my male dojo is huge. Hes about 13 inches long and probably close to 3 inches in diameter; about 1 inch or bigger in height. He is huge. The female one I have is alot smaller probably like 9 inches long and maybe 1 inch diameter. I got them at the same time too.
I wanted to set up a Coldwater tank, but local climate is simply too hot. My water rests in the mid 80's during the day, and that's no good for my favorite loach.
I love my Khuli loaches! Every now and then they get snuck up on by my bristle nose and they flip out and zip all over for like 30 seconds it's fun to watch.
Hi cory that’s good know about them I’m going to get them when I do my planted tank in my 55 gal tank. I’m going to my plants from your store. You guys are great and I love your products.
They’re tropical (minimum of 24 degrees) so you’d need a heater. Or if you have a cold water set up there’s always the weather loach (Misgurnus angullicaudatus). Bigger and not so colourful, but still cute AF.
I know from experience that khuli loaches are hell to get out after you add them! They're very fun to watch though because they dart all over the place after the lights go out.
Years ago I got 5 of these guys. Put'em in my tank and they disappeared. Cut to about 3 years later I was breaking down my tank to start over and completely forgot they were in there. While rinsing the gravel I found all of them squiggling around in the bucket
Kuhli's are one of my favourite's to put in a community tank. I have a dozen and watch them for hours wriggling through leaves, vines, each other, and other fish. They are fun to watch shoot across the glass. If they are happy they spend a lot of the time out in the open in my experience. They have the cutest little faces but yeah, they can be a bitch to catch for sure. If you don't have some yet, get a huge crew. Than's for the video!
The hiding is one of my main complaints with this fish. I got it because of its "eel" appearance, but once in the tank, I never saw it again for like 2 weeks. I get fish to look at, and if they hide from me, they're not going in my tank.
How many did you have? Did you have plants? I'd like to get some to see them too, but I don't have any plants right now so I'm thinking I'll need to get a good amount of plants first
Please consider doing a video listing some fish that are shrimp and snail safe! I just got a 55g tank and I am planning on stocking it with small fish and centering everything around shrimp and snails! Thanks for the videos! I am really learning a lot!
A 55 gallon with shrimp? Me too man. I can tell you, it offers a lot of freedom becuase with dense planting there will always be space for the shrimp. I've successfully kept a butterfly fish (ravenous hunter that can eat crickets but never dives an inch), marbled hatchats (tiny hunter that never dives), otocinclus (safest fish), anchor catfish, indian glass catfish (big-ish for the list but such tiny tiny mouths), threadfin rainbowfish (tiny mouth as well), norman's lampeye, celestial pearl danio, pygmy and dwarf corydoras, some small freshwater halfbeaks (don't dive either), bristlenose catfish (surprised me), musquito rasboras (smallest damn fish you'll find), kuhli loach (tiny mouth) Never noticed a single issue in all those years. Prolific breeding. Though bristlenose experiences may vary. And I needed a special lowflow set up for they musquito ras and the hatchets. And eh, I also know someone with 2 angelfish and dwarf shrimp in a tank so I guess anything can be done. At the cost of some shrimp though. Good luck, you'll find something you'll enjoy to no end.
My girlfriend has three and they really are masters of hiding, she moved her tank to her apartment and had bagged up her fish and couldnt find them. drained all but the very last bit of water because she uses ADA aqua soil. thought they were dead, she reset all her stuff and had reacclimated her fish, they came out of the soil in a few days like worms and act like nothing happened. little ninjas i tell ya.
@@NAMEERKLIFTS they were together for almost 2 years, till my betta died for his age. Don't know about the shrimp tho, my betta killed them everytime i add one to the tank
@@NAMEERKLIFTS Ehm, I can tell you from personal experience not every betta likes shrimp. I've always had the combination of Betta, kuhlis, shrimp without issues until a year ago. Surely the previous ones must've snacked on some shrimplets but this one was out for more. Kuhlis however, can't miss. They are far more active with around 4-6 if you can though, but 3 is okay. Oh and on a sidenote, they don't really go after shrimplets. But that's in a densely planted 20 gallon.
I purchased some fry food from you yesterday as my baby corys are hatching and I’m so excited to get it!!! What do I feed them until it arrives? Hopefully I get it soon since I’m only about 20 min away haha! There’s over 100 eggs and 50+ have hatched already! So excited :)
I have a 15 gallon fluval flex tank and was just wondering if this would be suitable to keep three of them. At the moment I have three guppies and two mollies they’re kinda annoying and was just gonna give them to my friend and get these instead cause they’re cool. Is this tank good enough? Large enough? I also have two large live plants in it and a big cave then the rest is fine gravel and larger rocks. Is that good?
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I wish they specified what kind of kuhli loach they're selling.
I got two kuhli loaches from a friend who could no longer keep them. I released them to my community tank and didnt see them for 2 years. Today I started a total redo of my setup and found 5! So I guess I was a succesful by accident :D
You really didn’t see them for 2 years? 😂
Man im thinking about getting some of them but I don’t want to have something I will never see
@@Victor-su2lfif you want to see them more get atleast 6 that way they will feel comfortable to come outside
I managed to convince my snake-phobic mom that I had bought 4 water-dwelling snakes for my tank.
She almost had me emancipated then and there. Worth it.
These have always seemed to be the Party fish of the aquarium. Remind me of some guys that lived next door in the 70's. Party hard all night, sleep all day afterwards.
I have been able to train mine to go into the net when i do deep cleans on some of my tanks. I started out putting their favorite food in the net and they learned that the net means brine shrimp so they want to go into it.
Black Hood that's some next level fish catching
I guess you're a master baiter
@@Weirdanimalboy Wow. Just wow. Ive been wanting to make this joke for years. U beat me to it!
10000000000 IQ
That's so clever! I've been wondering how to get them in net if need be. Since they're so fast and impossible to catch
Kuhli are my favorite fish, honestly. I have 3 striped and 1 black loach in a guppy communal tank and they're always out playing. they spend most of their time swimming around and against the glass, along my bubble wall and playing in their sand pool that I put in there so they could burrow separately than my planted substrate. They've managed to become the stars of my tank. I got them after watching this video months ago when I was first getting into the hobby. Thanks for all you do cory!
the like to be in a group 3,4,5,7 hUnDrEd
They HATE being in groups of 8-99
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Right 😄✌
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I had 12 Kuhli Loachs, I love them . I would play music and they would wiggle up and down the tank. Love, Love them!!
@Neo Löving I had them for 5yrs then I bought a fish the girl at the store told me it was a vegetarian and he ate them
@@sophiadeloach6515 hey Sophia hello I just purchased a pair of kuhli loach my tank is not planted so what should I give them to eat any idea ???? I got flakes and dry tublix worms ??
@@sophiadeloach6515 oh no :(
These guys can be world hide and seek champions, I had a few of them in a tank and years past and I thought they were long dead, it wasnt until I moved house and redid the tank I found them living in my undergravel filter !!! cool fish. 😂
Marks Shrimp Tanks lol same. i got 4 of them and i thoughy they where all gone or something. didn't saw them for a year. than once i saw all of them.
I've heard keeping them in bigger groups helps them come out more
@Angel Hernandez I would say no, they munch through small snails so they will eat shrimp.
I love my Kuhli Loaches, everyone always says that they hide away but mine are out constantly. Probably helps that i've got them in a well planted tank, so they know if they are ever in danger they have plenty of places to hide.
You just got me sold. Plants growing in, and they look cool.
@@turnipsucks6416 oh there are a few more tricks. The more loaches you have the more active they become. High light certainly makes them stay down more. And while a load of plants does make them feel more secure, remember they're still slender grounddwellers. They'll be less shy but still in an area where they stand out less.
So I dunno, if youbhave plants that are more dense in the upper areas they're easier to spot.
Oh and try to feed them close to the viewing panels.
@@a.b.8080 Great tips. For now I'm still working on balancing the tank out and working with a little bit of transitional melt (recent issue) with S. Repens I purchased. They dropped what I consider a significant amount of foliage (60%) give or take after about 3 weeks. There is new growth on top of everything, so yeah, balancing first before I consider the kuli's. I want them, but for noe the yoyo's are awesome to watch. They aren't shy any more and come up to the front of the tank to eat and scurry about picking through substrate constantly. Tank is only 55 gallon long (4 ft by approx 15-18 inches wide. Should be good for kulis once the plants grow in.
Hawken Valhalla It took me two and a half hours to catch one in a weird shaped tank
"mostly shy" and "nocturnal" definitely doesn't describe my bunch of nutters, I don't think they ever sleep. Definitely agree easy to keep, only lost one to the filter before we started wrapping the inlet with very course sponge to let them grow out.
omg so glad i watched this, cos when you said bloodworm i remembered i had some defrosting in my pocket ..phew just in time
I am in the process of starting a heavily planted tank and have been researching for days. Kuhli loaches will be the largest fish in this 45 gallon tank. Everything else will be nano sized. Super excited....Cory has been my #1 go to on EVERY SINGLE FACET OF RESEARCH I HAVE COMPLETED. He explains in a way I understand...every time I pulled my hair out over something like CO2 or substrate, Cory had the answers. Love this guy!
i had a school (8) of buenos aires tetra in a tank. I moved them to a larger tank. i used SOME of the gravel for the new tank. Now the original tank has guppies in it. A female guppy is very pregnant, so I'm watching out for fry every morning. Well, today ( full weeks after the move) I found two Buenos Aires fry in my guppy tank. Still no guppy fry. i didn't intend to breed buenos aires, but they're here and they're welcome!
I LOVE kuhlis! I wish I had a big tank with swarms and swarms of them
I have found if you have a planted tank and caves made with wood, rocks or other decorations giving them hiding places, you will see them much more; especially when you feed you fish as they are not afraid to come out and get their share of the food, because they have safe places to retreat to if they feel unsure, fearful or threatened. They will find their favorite place and group up together for safety and security. They are very hard to catch in a highly decorated planted tank as they are very fast and can change direction in a split second. But they are so neat to see then swimming about the root around in the substrate or peek out from hiding somewhere, like are you looking for me, here I am or I see you can you find me? They also help in tank cleanup with their digging and poking around in places like plant near the roots or crevices that water may not flow to much, as the wiggly and poke around it causes the detritus to keep actively moving in the water column so the filter can suck it up and remove it properly. Highly recommend them but have several at one time I personally like five or six as they are so fun to watch them interact with each other. Also make sure you have a tight cover on your aquarium as they have been know to get out the aquarium to explore.
They jump out of tank very well. Aquarium top is must for them
Your ph water must have a problem
My Kuhli Loaches love hanging out in their dwarf hair grass!
I used to have two Kuhli loaches... very hardy and made me feel I was a very good pet owner because they lived for at least 8 or 9 years in my aquarium. Also, they seemed not to need any “care” at all. Lol. Planning to get three Kuhli loaches (just in the process of getting back into my childhood hobby... thanks to the pandemic). ;-)
1:33 he fell off XD
Lmbo!
i am so in love with these little guys i need to get some when i build my aquarium
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Aquarium Co-Op I’ve got a 19 gallon tank, I’m planning on putting a blue gourami in there and maybe some ember tetras or cherry barbs. What would u recommend and how many? What else could I put in there for the bottom?
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you can breed them in rocks and long pvc pipes. 25cm ground is good for the breeding
ive got 10 lil dudes in my tank i love them they all huddle up together in the sand .
Thank you Cory. I asked you about this on your last live stream and when you didnt answer I went on the hunt on your channel. Thanks for the solid information
The shop i went to was a pro at catching kuhlis, i asked for 4 and he dipped his net once into a tank of them and boom pulled 4 out right on the first try it was dang impressive! love these wormy guys
Super excited about these guys just got me 6 of em 4 banded 2 black and I’ve been waiting for the banded ones forever and now I got 4 of them !! Can’t wait to see these guys grow out!!
They’re so cute!! 🥰 They’re like lil eels with cat whiskers, love it
I have 3 and they just never disappoint to entertain!
I have a couple of Khuli loaches. They looked great when I put them in. Yep, great seeing them once in a blue moon.
Khulli loaches are awesome! Lots of variation in personalities. Some hide all the time, others will glass surf the sides of their tank, and others will explore and hang out in odd places like the top of HOB filters (all they need is just a tiny bit of water to do this).
Love my noodles. Recently saw them plump and lounging in my anubias roots like plump bums. They also love squigling through a long squiggly indentation on my driftwood. Best was three in one of my botanical seed pods sticking their heads out.
Lol you can just say seed pod mate... You wouldn't go around saying "Look at all these botanical flowers" would you lol or " Look at these animal fish" haha...
I had a pair if kuhli loach when i was a kid. They are relatively easy to keep and they are sturdy. Mine lived up to 3 years but never bred. They are rare now, i can't find them in any pet shops here in the Philippines. Nice tutorial video. Thanks for sharing!
Where do you live cause around here i can find plenty of them in fish shops
I'm loving these care guide videos, awesome job
Care guides are are quick and interesting. Even if I’m not into the fish you’re going over. Keep um coming 👍
Shy isn't the word for them had 2 for 10y seen the about 20 time's 😂🤣😂
that is because they need to be more, i have 8 and they don't hide at all i can see them at all times searching for food, swiming though the plants etc...
I have 4, and see them early mornings and evenings through the night. They always come out during feeding. They're wild
well, you only have 2. That makes them uncomfortable
Get more then two and get some fish that are not shy to show them it’s okay to be out in the open
as always Cory, so so informative, so laid back so non dogmatic. I guess you can do this only when you are an confident expert with a track record. Cory u r my reference point and guru Thnx
i have 4 kuhli loaches in my 35 gallon tank and 1 of them is always out and swimming no matter what time it is. :D
QUICKLY falling in love with this fish! I want my 30 gal to be just them tbh! So cute!
I had Kuhli loaches years ago, I loved them and hope to get more. Thanks, Cory.
This is so perfect because I literally just bought a khuli loach
PetTide I would have but the store only had 2 and the other one had a physical gash and noticeable ich
I'd get 4-5 more when possible as they really like "friends" and because of their personalities you might never really see the one. Some like to keep a low profile and others will be all over the place. I bought 9 years ago and have never seen more than 5 at once unless I was rescaping the tank and had pulled everything out.
Fish Profiles I have 3 glofish tetras and 1 gold skirt tetra and 1 black barb tetra, 3 albino corydora catfish and 1 clown tetra, oh yeah and 2 lampeye tetras
@@reesedoesgaming707 How big is your tank? might be nice for some of your other schooling fish to have more of their own kind to school with too :D
fossphur all of my tetras besides the lampeye tetras school together and my tank is 25 gallons
Back when I had all my aquariums I had one of those. I also had one called the Horse Head Loach . Both were cool looking and always a nice surprise when you see them lol. I ran deep gravel, 4-6 inch deep, in my aquariums with an under-gravel tray , the good rigged one not that horrible flat style one, with powerheads on the lift tubes.
BigggRoss what brands/ types are the good ug filters? I’ve been looking at getting either penn plax or Lee’s - I like the ones with the incline to one side but never used one before. I’m curious which kinds are horrible? You said flat bottomed, but could you give more detail on what’s not so great features so I can understand what the drawbacks are? Thanks if you can. 🙂
They are so interesting. These are my first love. Mine never hid in the sand, I also made a little cave and they are pretty easy to find. I love feeding them after i turn out the lights. They go into a little frenzy.
Big question, will they be capable of eating planaria worms? :)
The cutest tank I ever had was a 5g planted with a beautiful betta, 6 kuli loaches, and asassine snails. The kuli loaches were always out and about and forraging for and crumbs that somebody might have missed.
ShelbyRae Lane I’m literally doing this but in a planted 30G and I’m gonna have schooling ember tetras as well. I’m super excited and glad to see someone have the same idea as me haha
Uuh 6 kuhlis in a 5 gallon…
I have both pangio kuhli and pangio pangia, "regular" and black kuhli loaches. In my experiense, the black ones are way less shy even though I have more of the regular kind. They are always swiming about, super fun, super peaceful - absolutely love them ❤️
I totally agree. I have kept both over the years and my black kuhlis are out and about a lot, especially at feeding time, lol.
Hands down, always been my favorite loach
Thanks for the vid 👍🏼
Every neat fish I see in a store that I google, Cory has a video for it.
Yeeesssssss! These are one of my favorite fish so glad you featured them
Love these little loaches and if you want a medium sized loaches try dojo they are the class clowns funny and friendly
dojos and clowns get to almost 12"+ long though, so make sure you have an adequate tank to anyone out there!
mine are always out and I love them
I adore my Kuhli loaches! I have the black kind and they're so funny to watch. Some like to swim into the bubbler and float up and then float back down to the bottom.
I have 12 in my 65g tank, they're so cute !
This is amazing! I want one now:)
I'm going to get some as well.
These guys are so cool! Thanks for the information!
I had these once and they were very enjoyable. The only thing that bothers me about reclusive creatures in my tanks is if they die I'll never know until too late, maybe even never know at all.
I have an established 55 gal. fairly planted peaceful community tank of goldfish, guppies, rasboras, rainbows, and tetras mostly ordered from Aqua Huna. Then I decided to order a few snails and a pack of 6 Kuhlis. After acclimating and quarantining them for almost 4 hrs. I released them in the tank and the Kuhlis all scooted into the rocks and plants in a blink. This was 2 days and up to now I haven't seen any of the 6 Kuhlis at all. My auto feeder is set at 2X/day and once a day, I would manually feed them frozen brine shrimps also. The tank is also using 2 strips of 48" LEDs, one is set to just red 24/7 but the other is set to multi-color at 12 hrs daily. Also, there are 4 air bubblers, 2 Marineland in tank filters, and (2) 800 gph wavemakers. I'm starting to wonder where the Kuhlis are. How do I entice the Kuhlis to come out? I need your expert advice on this Cory. Thanks and have a good day.
Is there a specific quarantine protocol for Kuhli loaches? Will the quarantine med trio work ok on them, with no harm? I’ll have to go back and listen to that video again to double check but thought I’d ask, too. Just ordered the med trio from your store and can’t wait to get it and put it to use! Thanks for all you do Cory, I am learning so much from watching your videos. I especially appreciate the way that you take the time to give really detailed information and the contingencies of so many things in this hobby. Sometimes the sheer complexity of it all makes my head swim, but I love that you explain the ‘why’s’ behind the possibilities and the if this, then that, answers.
Okay good, thank you! I just got two beautiful gold kuhli loaches from Petco. They are in pristine condition. I wasn't sure if I was feeding them correctly and I can't see all the shrimp I got so I wasn't sure... I was like I thiiiink they are carnivorous or at least omnivore.. I thought I saw somewhere that the shrimp pellets would be okay til I could get a more specific diet... Honestly, I ADORE them! They are so goofy and animated. I'm sure it's cuz they haven't settled yet but they are also super active all day long. I have had to poke 'em a couple times cuz they'll just float on the top of flop over my lead clip and they legit look dead XD cheeky lil worms. I struggle telling fish apart so I give group names alot. They are 'Orange Slice Squad'.
i love these guys!
I'm getting some for my 75gal either at the end of this month or the beginning of next. I'm super excited!
Nice video on the piggly wigglies.
Mine are big and fat and five years old. They like to hide under pieces of wood. So much fun to watch them come out and eat.
I thought Kuhli loaches looked really weird, like snakes (although snakes don’t bother me I just don’t care for them.) But today I saw a handful of them just dive into the gravel and disappear in a half a second or so and my instant reaction was ‘I have GOT to get some of those!! That’s so cool!!!!
I just love your fish profiles. They are the best! Practical and sensible advice. Keep them coming!
Also, if you take request for these, do emperor tetra's once. I'd love to try these fish once.
They are awesome, i had mine jumping quite a few times so make sure u have a lid.
You should do a fish tutorial well crustacean tutorial on the panther crab !
I don't have many favourite things in my life, but kuhli loaches are one of them. Just look at 'em tumble at 1:33 .
LFS don’t have any of these but I’ve been able to acquire black ones. I have three so far and they move around so much. Never hide longer than five seconds.
we carry the black ones at my Petsmart if you have one near you
Awesome Vid Man! I got 4 today just after watching this!
Thank you Cory
It's always clown loaches, kuhli loaches, those stream loaches, yo yo loaches, zebra loaches, and all other kinds. Wheres the weather/dojo loach love?
YES. I have 7 and they're growing in to the biggest fattest hot dogs and I love them all to pieces. Very sociable fish and food hogs.
@@LEE-kq9tq I have 2 and if I have them sexed right my male dojo is huge. Hes about 13 inches long and probably close to 3 inches in diameter; about 1 inch or bigger in height. He is huge. The female one I have is alot smaller probably like 9 inches long and maybe 1 inch diameter. I got them at the same time too.
I'm not into big fish really but they certainly have something to them. They keep the behaviour of a small loach and that's just adorable.
I wanted to set up a Coldwater tank, but local climate is simply too hot. My water rests in the mid 80's during the day, and that's no good for my favorite loach.
I have a male and female too and my male is HUGE. Lovable hotdogs
Excellent video and advice...many thanks.
My kuhli during its first month: Where am I...who are you...I have to hide...
My kuhli now: LOL THIS IS MY TANK.
Great tutorial one of my favorite fish! Good job! Can't wait for the next one.
thank you, your very knowledgeable :)
I love my Khuli loaches! Every now and then they get snuck up on by my bristle nose and they flip out and zip all over for like 30 seconds it's fun to watch.
Hi cory that’s good know about them I’m going to get them when I do my planted tank in my 55 gal tank. I’m going to my plants from your store. You guys are great and I love your products.
Awesome video as always! Heater or no heater for the Luhlie Loaches? Thanks! 😎
They’re tropical (minimum of 24 degrees) so you’d need a heater.
Or if you have a cold water set up there’s always the weather loach (Misgurnus angullicaudatus). Bigger and not so colourful, but still cute AF.
I know from experience that khuli loaches are hell to get out after you add them! They're very fun to watch though because they dart all over the place after the lights go out.
Years ago I got 5 of these guys. Put'em in my tank and they disappeared. Cut to about 3 years later I was breaking down my tank to start over and completely forgot they were in there. While rinsing the gravel I found all of them squiggling around in the bucket
The Kuhli Loach, the Critter that lived under,,,,, My undergravel filter in the 90's
Kuhli's are one of my favourite's to put in a community tank. I have a dozen and watch them for hours wriggling through leaves, vines, each other, and other fish. They are fun to watch shoot across the glass. If they are happy they spend a lot of the time out in the open in my experience. They have the cutest little faces but yeah, they can be a bitch to catch for sure. If you don't have some yet, get a huge crew. Than's for the video!
I've eve tried Kuhli's. Someday I'd like too. Good info Cory!
The tip to catch them by keeping them in a sand substrate is a life saver ...:)
Took local pet store 45 minutes to catch three of them you aren't kidding. Lol it was so comical I almost told her to forget it I waited so long.
Very hard to get in a net , such beautiful Fish, I love them, hard to find, seems everyone has the same idea where i live.
I learn so much from aquarium co op
The hiding is one of my main complaints with this fish. I got it because of its "eel" appearance, but once in the tank, I never saw it again for like 2 weeks. I get fish to look at, and if they hide from me, they're not going in my tank.
How many did you have? Did you have plants? I'd like to get some to see them too, but I don't have any plants right now so I'm thinking I'll need to get a good amount of plants first
@@mellifluousangel4076 I did not have live plants.
Please consider doing a video listing some fish that are shrimp and snail safe! I just got a 55g tank and I am planning on stocking it with small fish and centering everything around shrimp and snails! Thanks for the videos! I am really learning a lot!
A 55 gallon with shrimp? Me too man. I can tell you, it offers a lot of freedom becuase with dense planting there will always be space for the shrimp.
I've successfully kept a butterfly fish (ravenous hunter that can eat crickets but never dives an inch), marbled hatchats (tiny hunter that never dives), otocinclus (safest fish), anchor catfish, indian glass catfish (big-ish for the list but such tiny tiny mouths), threadfin rainbowfish (tiny mouth as well), norman's lampeye, celestial pearl danio, pygmy and dwarf corydoras, some small freshwater halfbeaks (don't dive either), bristlenose catfish (surprised me), musquito rasboras (smallest damn fish you'll find), kuhli loach (tiny mouth)
Never noticed a single issue in all those years. Prolific breeding. Though bristlenose experiences may vary. And I needed a special lowflow set up for they musquito ras and the hatchets.
And eh, I also know someone with 2 angelfish and dwarf shrimp in a tank so I guess anything can be done. At the cost of some shrimp though.
Good luck, you'll find something you'll enjoy to no end.
My girlfriend has three and they really are masters of hiding, she moved her tank to her apartment and had bagged up her fish and couldnt find them. drained all but the very last bit of water because she uses ADA aqua soil. thought they were dead, she reset all her stuff and had reacclimated her fish, they came out of the soil in a few days like worms and act like nothing happened. little ninjas i tell ya.
Was hoping you'd tell us what temperature to keep them in
I have one in 10 gallon it doesn’t rest constantly going round & round on glass the most active fish I have seen
kuhlis are great companions for bettas
@@NAMEERKLIFTS they were together for almost 2 years, till my betta died for his age. Don't know about the shrimp tho, my betta killed them everytime i add one to the tank
Yeah, I'm keeping trio with my betta and they like to eat together
@@NAMEERKLIFTS Ehm, I can tell you from personal experience not every betta likes shrimp. I've always had the combination of Betta, kuhlis, shrimp without issues until a year ago. Surely the previous ones must've snacked on some shrimplets but this one was out for more.
Kuhlis however, can't miss. They are far more active with around 4-6 if you can though, but 3 is okay. Oh and on a sidenote, they don't really go after shrimplets. But that's in a densely planted 20 gallon.
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Got a new thank and the filter had a hole. Dead loach. I was so sad. Make sure you have the right kind of tank.
Great info Corey!
I purchased some fry food from you yesterday as my baby corys are hatching and I’m so excited to get it!!! What do I feed them until it arrives? Hopefully I get it soon since I’m only about 20 min away haha! There’s over 100 eggs and 50+ have hatched already! So excited :)
Wow these are so cool! I’d love to get one but I have three cory catfish and a female betta in a 5 gallon tank.
Would a 20 gallon high be big enough for a few kuhlis and maybe some tank mates?
I have a 15 gallon fluval flex tank and was just wondering if this would be suitable to keep three of them. At the moment I have three guppies and two mollies they’re kinda annoying and was just gonna give them to my friend and get these instead cause they’re cool. Is this tank good enough? Large enough? I also have two large live plants in it and a big cave then the rest is fine gravel and larger rocks. Is that good?
Thank you😭