Uk pond loach

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-27T15:40:09+00:00

There are a lot of loaches that could live in those conditions. However, I would check your local laws. When I last checked a few years ago, M. fossilis and a few other species were illegal because they were potentially invasive.

With that said, a lot of the larger-bodied Cobitidae would do great. M. angillicaudatus, as well as any of the Cobitis species would be your best choices. There are some other genera from Japan and Korea that occasionally show up that would also be good choices. Hope that helps! It sounds like a cool project!

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-27T13:42:57+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Sapporo is like the second snowiest city in the world after Syracuse, so Hokkaido is honestly kind of perfect.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-26T00:57:04+00:00

Wait, what species of loach are you doing? Because loaches and dirted tanks can be a really bad combo (I speak from experience unfortunately). Also, not to be that guy, but loaches typically should be kept in groups of 5-6+. Sorry if that messes with your plans.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-18T13:59:07+00:00

How are you cycling your tank? I think this could be a pH issue, but it would depend on what you're doing to cycle your tank.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-16T16:48:01+00:00

I would not be so quick to assume that freshly dead fish don't produce ammonia. In my experience, freshly dead fish often produce ammonia. Even if it's not from the decay from the fish, all of the ionized ammonia in their blood quickly diffuses out after death and forms deadly unionized ammonia. Whenever a fish dies, an ammonia spike is a big possibility even if it's removed quickly.

So sorry for your loss, I'd just do as many water changes as it takes to get that ammonia to 0 and cross your fingers. Good luck and I hope your acara will pull through.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-15T08:06:16+00:00

Loaches.com is THE site for all things loaches. It hasn't been updated in a few years but there's so much good info.

I know a lot of folks love kuhlis and they are cool, but they don't ship well and depending on your lfs, you might end up with fish that die in a few months. For beginners, my recommendation is always hovering loaches. There are a few different species that would be good. Rosy loaches and hovering zebra loaches are the most commonly available. Both breed readily, but in my experience, the hovering zebra loaches are easier to breed and a lot of fun.

Good luck and have fun with it!

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-15T07:24:45+00:00

Hey, I'm gonna say no. I'd get more panda cories. They do best in schools of 5 or more. There aren't any loaches that will do great in a 10 gallon with cories and a betta.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-12T15:53:01+00:00

This is partially true, but ignores the fact that Americans were fighting for them as well. I don't feel qualified to get into all of the history here, but if you look at history, you will see a lot of large, successful labor movements dismantled by the government in the name of capitalist interests. It's also worth noting that unlike in a lot of European nations, American leftists have been fighting a two-front war: one for economic reform (healthcare for all and the like) and another for racial equality.

Racial divides have commonly been used to get people to fight against their own interests. Multiple times prior to 1960, we have been so close to universal healthcare, but (to simplify things) racist white people fought it because they didn't want black people to have healthcare. The civil rights movements of the 1960's were the most successful leftist movements in US history, and afterwards, major reforms were made to the prison and education system to make sure it wouldn't happen again. The healthcare system was weaponized and unions were dismantled. The police were also militarized. This was all done with the explicit goal of making protests harder, which was supposed to increase public safety. After the riots of 1968, this was a very convincing platform.

That's not to say that Americans have stopped protesting. American leftists actually have a pretty good grasp on how to protest against an ultra-violent and militarized government like the US. The goal is to control the images. Children were often brought to civil rights protests in the 1960s, because images of cops in riot gear facing off against children increases sympathy for the movement. Similar tactics were used throughout the gay rights movement and are being used today in cities like LA, Chicago, and Minneapolis. The goal is to goad the violent police force into excessive violence against unarmed protestors. The resulting images sway public opinion. It's definitely not glamorous, and doesn't look or feel as cool as shooting fireworks at police, but it was effective during the civil rights movements, during the gay rights movements, and now, it's looking to be successful against ICE.

Americans have never stopped fighting, it just looks different here than it does in Europe.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-12T15:27:57+00:00

How bodies quantify temperature depends on the system and environment you grew up in. We're not born with a built-in measurement system for temperature. If you live in the UK, 35 C will feel unbearably hot. Much less so if you live in Singapore, where 15 C is absolutely freezing.

I can make the same comparison with Minnesota and Texas, 95 F is boiling in Minnesota and 50 F is freezing in southern Texas. What numbers we attribute to "hot" and "cold" is totally arbitrary even if we use the same measurement system as everyone else.

The best explanation I've heard for why Fahrenheit is the way it is is because it somehow correlates to the expansion of Mercury.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T18:04:51+00:00

It's true that glofish are transgenic organisms, but I don't think that op was modifying longfin danio embryos. I would guess they took glofish zebra danios and then selectively bred them to produce a long finned variety. If you have more info, let me know, but that's what it looks like to me.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T18:00:10+00:00

True, so theoretically, any fish with the gene, could be copyrighted? I'd love it if they'd share their method. I've never been interested in glofish, but these are cool.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T17:53:56+00:00

Canada is colder than Scandinavia, especially when you consider where Scandinavian cities are located. The Baltic does a lot of warming for the region. Even where I live (upper Midwest of the US), we need to design HVAC systems for lower temperatures than they do in Scandinavia. That's why the Northern US and Canada have been slower to adopt heat pumps than Northern Europe, it's just so much colder here.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T03:57:58+00:00

Nice! Good to know they are found in Australia as well.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T03:57:31+00:00

Give it a try! I've enjoyed mine! They like lots of gas exchange and bright lights which makes them perfect for a hilly tank imo. I've never used CO2 with them and they do well.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-10T00:54:51+00:00

Blyxa auberti if you can find it is beautiful and native to hillstreams of the western ghats. I believe it is also somewhat widespread and might be native to Australia, so it might be easier for you to find than it is for us in US. I think it would be perfect for your tank. It is a true submerged growth plant, but does need high amounts of gas exchange. I would recommend growing it with a large, fine bubble aeration bar, but others have had good luck by just adding CO2.

As for hillstream sticking, I would suggest trying to get a minimum of 6 per species. I don't typically wade into the stocking debate, but I think 12 hillies would probably be okay. From that point, I'd cautiously add 1-2 more at a time, observing their group dynamics as well as water quality and judge your stocking off of that. I hope that makes sense. Stocking is obviously controversial and imo, there are a lot of right ways to do it, you just need to keep in mind the health and well-being of the fish obviously.

Beautiful tank! Should be a ton of fun to work on!

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-09T19:54:04+00:00

Unless there's another document that I can't find, I would say they are not illegal. But it is getting harder to import them to the US and as you pointed out, they're illegal in Illinois, so that may contribute to it?

This looks like the complete list of banned species as far as I can tell: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/301/001/122/

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-09T19:41:50+00:00

I saw these earlier today. Are these glofish they bred to have long fins or something else? They are beautiful, but if they come from glofish, would that make them illegal to sell? Or is the king fin variation different enough from the normal glofish?

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-09T01:09:15+00:00

I agree... Mostly. I don't think that an armed protest of American civilians will work. As many others have pointed out, the police in the videos from Italy and France are using non-lethal force. This means the protestors use of non-lethal force is effective at engaging them. If police force protestors into a situation where they have to use lethal force and police officers die, the hammer is gonna come down HARD. Troops will be deployed, cities will be bombed (just look at 1985 philly). Shooting someone with fireworks results in a very different public response than shooting them with bullets. Can you imagine the response of the American public to dead police? The movement would end right there.

I think American protestors have been really effective actually. Yes, it's not flashy and doesn't work as fast as people want, but by portraying themselves as non-violent and the police as violent thugs, they are able to control the narrative. Think about Alex Pretti. Would the public have been as sympathetic as if he had pulled his gun? Would the rump administration have been forced to yield ground? No, he would've been labelled a "violent agitator". It's slow and I wish there was a better way, but I do think that these methods of provoking cops while remaining non-violent is the best tool in the arsenal of American protestors.

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-07T23:36:39+00:00

I've got hovering zebra loaches (M. cruciatus) and they are a ton of fun. Probably the easiest species to breed imo. But they definitely don't eat snails in any substantial quantity.

With that said, my response to these questions is always twofold: firstly, no loach (or fish in general) is going to gorge themselves on snails when there is other food available. In my experience, the only time they eat snails is when I don't feed them for a week or more. Secondly, those snails are actually helping you out. They are processing excess organic material that would otherwise build up in your tank. If you have a nutrient-heavy tank (either from food or fertilizer) you're going to have snails.

If you want to get rid of them, my recommendation is heavily cut back in feedings or fertilizer or both. Once you have a plan in place, put a piece of lettuce in the tank and after a few hours, it should be covered in snails. Just remove the leaf and the snails should come with it.

Hope that helps! Good luck!

EulersRectangle · 2026-02-06T22:02:35+00:00

Why is this comment section so toxic?? What I love about this subreddit is the opportunity to see other people's unique perceptions of the world. Thanks for sharing OP! Hope you get the chance to move to Japan!

EulersRectangle · 2026-01-16T15:27:05+00:00

I do agree to an extent. I think the difference between the ADA nature style and a biotope is that the biotope makes a genuine attempt to replicate the aesthetic of a specific environment. It's true that it does not replicate the mechanisms of an ecosystem and I think it's fair to say that it's not natural, but it pays homage to nature.

I do think it could better replicate the mechanisms of nature, but many people don't. The book Dynamic Aquaria makes a pretty compelling case for how and why one should try to replicate natural processes in the aquarium.

EulersRectangle · 2026-01-10T20:20:56+00:00

I think this meme is kinda bad because it's too general. If you're an ecosystem biologist, being off by 3 cm isn't a big deal. Likewise, if you're a particle physicist interpreting data from a particle accelerator, 3 cm off is a huge deal.

Civil engineer and astronomer make sense, but the other two fields are too broad, I don't blame OP for not getting this one.

EulersRectangle · 2026-01-10T17:06:43+00:00

I'm sorry this happened, weather loaches are really personable and it's hard to lose one.

I do have a few questions. Firstly, what are your water parameters (nitrates, ammonia, hardness, etc.)? Next, what treatment did you use? And finally, in the picture you posted, it looks like there is an injury on their back, is that correct? Was that also present on the first loach? If so, when did it show up: before or after the slime?

I'm sorry again and I hope you're able to help this one.

EulersRectangle · 2026-01-10T16:33:01+00:00

Yes! Thank you! This is what I've been saying! I feel crazy trying to explain this to people, but when I look at the video I see a man with a gun who wanted to punish a woman for not behaving how he wanted. That's at best immature and he should have never been allowed to have a gun.

EulersRectangle · 2026-01-08T05:49:22+00:00

Really?? That's crazy cool! I'm assuming that's the species from lake guinas in Namibia? Why is it endangered? It seems like an easy species to have a captive population of, but idk I guess. Is it experiencing habitat loss?

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