Kuhli Loach | Profile and Description |
Size | Up to 4 ¾ inches or 12 cm |
Origin | South East Asia |
Natural habitat | Rivers |
Fish Hardiness | Easy to keep |
Water Temperature | 73.5 - 86 ºF or 23 - 30 ºC |
Water pH | 5.5 – 7.5 pH |
Water Hardness | 4 - 15 dH |
Strata | Bottom |
Peaceful or Aggressive | Peaceful |
Number of same species in one aquarium | Four or more |
Minimum tank size | 10 gallons or 40 liters for every group of four fish |
Community Fish | Yes |
Compatible with | Basically any other freshwater tropical fish except the really aggressive species |
Sexes | Not really easy to see |
Diurnal or Nocturnal | Nocturnal |
Food | Omnivorous – they will eat flake food that sinks to the bottom, supplement them with live or frozen daphnia, blood worms or brine shrimp, feeds mainly at night |
Breeding | Not very easy to breed |
Other names | Coolie Loach |
Scientific name | Pangio kuhlii |
Other Scientific names | Cobitis kuhlii, Acanthophthalmus kuhlii, Acanthophthalmus fasciatus |
Lifespan | 10 years |
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