what fish burrows into and under sand?

[fishbreeder]

i would like a fish that burrows into and under sand, i want to get silca sand for my tank but would like a fish that would make the sand its home. must be compatiable with female fighting fish.

any ideas??

adn freshwater too.

[phoenix44]

khuli loach

[Aquatopia]

And the Kuhli loach :-)

[fishbreeder]

how big do they get? easy to look after? what do they eat? how deep do they like the sand?? how many is okay to have in a 2 foot tank?

[fishbreeder]

i jsut read that they will try to swim up the filter intake pipe. i have an aquaone tank with a filter intake pipe that goes right to the bottom. would they try and swim up that? is there anything else that would stir up the sand?? what is a good fish that would eat the algae off the side (not a bristlenose please!)

thanks heaps

[phoenix44]

you can have a fair few in a 2 ft tank. they get about 13 cm (is as large ive seen them) but are very slender. they need lots of hiding spaces, and need to be in a group. they are naturally shy fish.

pH 6 - about 7.5 is good, but they can tolerate a wider range.

they will eat left over food at the bottom and algae tablets. they are good scavengers.

the sand should be deep enough for them to burrow in (they will actually sit in the sand).

but if you have sand put lots of plants in there too :bounce:

for algae eating you could get some ottos.

khulis will be useless at eating algae off the glass.

[oeminx]

Borneo suckers do a great job of the glass in my 620T.

[fishbreeder]

i was going to have the sand and i was going to be "different" and plant my plants in little terracotta pots. i would love some sag and othe stuff, but going to have a tiger lotus in it in the sand and thought that would shade out the little plants and my light isnt that strong.

i planned to have about 6 of them.

thanks. it wont get sucked up my intake pipe for my filter. my fighting fish male has finally got the idea of staying away from it.

[fishbreeder]

can the loaches still burrow with plants in the sand?

[dimebag]

banjo catfish FTW

[axolotl-danio]

If your tank is large enough you could try one of the smaller spiny eels.

[fishbreeder]

spiny eels?? friendly??

[fishbreeder]

what is a type of SMALL spiny eel?

[oeminx]

spiny eel + plants in substrate = floating plants.

[phoenix44]

spiny eel + plants in substrate = floating plants.

+1

especially if you have sand.

[axolotl-danio]

I have a half banded spiny eel in with a female betta (and other fish) in a planted tank and dont have any problems..... Yet.

:bounce:

[fishbreeder]

thats cool thanks. i was going to plant my plants in little pots for something different.

[fishbreeder]

if i have a decent amount of sand and planted in sag or dwarf sag and maybe something else can the little loaches still get into the sand??

thanks ive got great ideas for my tank now.

[REEVESTA]

i jsut read that they will try to swim up the filter intake pipe. i have an aquaone tank with a filter intake pipe that goes right to the bottom. would they try and swim up that? is there anything else that would stir up the sand?? what is a good fish that would eat the algae off the side (not a bristlenose please!)

thanks heaps

SAE's

[fishbreeder]

SAEs i dont follow, whats that??

[phoenix44]

Siamese Algae Eater

[fishbreeder]

thanks, they look so cool.

[fishbreeder]

both my want to die, they are swimming upside down at th surface and one of my mystery snails doesnt look so good.. dunno what the problem is. filter is going. nothing wrong there. my male fighter looks fine! water looks fine, not murkey. im lost. ive never lost a tropical fish before.

[Dixon1990]

If the fighters fine, and the other fish are at the top it could be low oxygen.

Do you have a airpump going? And whats the temperature?

[fishbreeder]

umm i dont have a kit to test ph etc. i should get some. they are fine now. the water temp was 28degrees. the filter was going.

no airstone, my fighter male has enough to deal with with the filter, he hates it, i put in a airstone and he wouldnt comeout of his home (a small helment) at all, it was far too much current for him.

i lost a mystery snail yesterday, all my trumpet snails and 3 ramshorn snails. obviously snails dont like me. im going to look for a better filter with little to no current. might get a airsponge for him.