My teacher has some sort of loach in a 10 gal!

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Sir

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my teacher has some sort of loach (at least i think it's a loach) in a 10 gal. should i take it off her hands and put it in my 75 with 8 tiger barbs, 1 pleco, and 4 silver dollars or should i allow her to have it in a 10 gal?
the loach looks like a tiger barb in color but it is a loach. i'm not sure what type of loach that is.
 

Sir

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it looked like that but it was longer
 

BettaFishMommy

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regardless of what type of loach it is, it really should be housed with more of it's kind. loaches are not solitary creatures.
 

Sir

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ya, it has been hiding behind the filter in that fish tank kind of lonely it seems.
 

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after doing the research and determining that you are able to care for the fish, and house it properly, take it home. if you can't, then i would offer to the teacher to take it to the lfs and trade it for fish that would be much more comfortable in a 10 gallon.
 

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Is it a kuhli loach?

http://images.google.com.au/images?...kuhli+loach&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

They look a bit snake-like but they don't get very big. A ten gallon would be big enough to house 3 or 4 of them. They definitely should have company of their own kind.

If it's a clown loach, it will get very big. You teacher should be told she needs to upgrade to a 200 gallon tank and get 5 companions for it. Or re-home it.

There are other striped loaches that are not so common. You could check this site for loach ID. They have lots of pictures.

http://www.loaches.com/
 

Sir

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Is it a kuhli loach?

http://images.google.com.au/images?...kuhli+loach&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

They look a bit snake-like but they don't get very big. A ten gallon would be big enough to house 3 or 4 of them. They definitely should have company of their own kind.

If it's a clown loach, it will get very big. You teacher should be told she needs to upgrade to a 200 gallon tank and get 5 companions for it. Or re-home it.

There are other striped loaches that are not so common. You could check this site for loach ID. They have lots of pictures.

http://www.loaches.com/
ya, that's it! the kuhli loach! that is what it is! she has in this 10 gallon:
2 goldfish
1 kuhli loach
1 pink kissing gourami (i think that's the correct name)
 
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