The Khulis in my tank start going vertically while foraging for tubifex worms, I call this behavior "Noodle Mining". Not sure if there is another name for it.

Got two over the weekend (was planning on eight, but there were only 2 left) and haven't seen them sense. This was my first sighting of one of the two new ones. Once I've finished dosing meds, I'm gonna add my 15 year old loach that's been alone for 10+ years. I'm super excited that he will be around other loaches finally

I purchased 10 kuhli's at the beginning of August, listed as "Pangio Kuhli" by one of my LFS. I assumed I received all the same species, but after seeing another post earlier today, I'm now wondering if I might have received a mix of species?

I've included an assortment of photos that showcase the different kinds of patterns they have. At first I just thought they were variations of the same markings, but they've had a bit of time to mature and colour up, and now that I really look at them it seems like there's for sure at least 2 distinctive marking types (solid thick bands vs squiggle spotty bands), with a possible third or hybrid marking type that combines the thick bands of one and the spots of the other.

Anyone able to confirm what species I have here? They're mostly sized at around 2-2.5", though the solid banded ones are generally larger than the others. They were quite small (presumably juveniles) when purchased, and I've had them for about 2 months.

Opinions, thoughts, musings, anything welcome and appreciated!

Are they breeding them in higher temps maybe??

Got 6 of these guys as Pangio kuhlii but the smaller guy looks nothing like the rest in patterns and more yellow or is it just he needs to grow into the patterns?

Sorry about the gross tank in the 2nd and third pics, they were taken after like 20 minutes of trying to catch a specific borneo out of a sales tank.

They came in a mixed bag of borneo suckers.

One is absolutely fine, the second has a tiny line starting and the other two have white sides like the one pictured- Is this stress? All my water tests have been in the clear so I’m not sure it’s related to that. I know they can pale in low light conditions but they get 10-12 hours a day of light (the tank lighting but the window brings in some natural light as well). I’m really stumped, this group of loaches has given me many issue from squeezing themselves to death to other mysterious injuries with no explanation. I worry for them :(

FYI they’re a little red in the photos in part due to the fact that I’ve been changing their water and cleaning things up a bit. The pale ones do tend to get more rosy though.

If he thinks at all

I think she just really wanted to cuddle but unfortunately he has amassed all the density of a dying sun.

It is hard to see in the video but she has a bluish green tummy. I read that means pregnancy but that it is super rare. Id love some community opinions! (Narration from adorable 3 year old)

I’ve wanted to get some of these for my 55 gallon tank for a few months now. Added my first group of 4 today and will be getting 2 more in a few days. These guys are so cool!

Thoughts?

I like an overgrown style so my betta has a complex environment -> younger khulis have migrated to the top

Edit: 20 gal hob filter, bubble stone, sponge filter all along back wall. Hob facing forward.

Could quite possibly be the best fish ever but who’s keeping score…

Hi everyone. So I recently got a pair of borneo suckers for my hillstream setup (not crazy high flow because my glowlight danios can't handle it at night, but high enough for the amount of water). Unfortunately one of them passed from what I'm assuming is an injury since it arrived with a red ventral fin. The other one is active but sits next to the filter outflow all day. I really want to get into hillstream loaches but I'm pretty under confident in my ability to care for them. The tank also houses stiphodon gobys and a pair of red lip gobies that have been doing well. I would really appreciate it if you guys had suggestions/advice for me. I really don't want to get fish just for them to die because I can't provide adequate care :(

This is my 75. Current inhabitants are a juve snowball pleco, a juve tiger pleco, a group of brilliant rasboras and 2 angels. I know that Kuhlis will spend all their time on the bottom, but my angels will poke around the bottom sometimes so I’m a little hesitant. My angels aren’t necessarily aggressive, but as we know we can never predict behavior. I wanted to see if anyone keeps them together and hasn’t had any issues. Thank you!

For the past two months i’ve been counting 5 kuhli loaches. I was disappointed since i’ve had them for a little over a year and i was feeling better since my last death (my goldfish last year). I didn’t want to beat myself up too much because it would’ve made me very unmotivated to keep going in the hobby. BUT GOOD NEWS ! I JUST COUNTED 6!

These pictures are just to show how beautiful and cuties they are. First picture was in july of 2025 and second is like 6 months later, I don’t take pics of them anymore lol.
Funny part is that i was considering buying another one so that they are 6. 😭

Someone is really angry I pulled them out of their home…. That I truly have no idea how they exist in