burrowinghabits Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Hello Fishy People! My name is Dawn. I'm new here. To be honest, I was ISO assistance in identifying a loach... But while here, I'd be happy to tell you about my tanks. I'm new to the hobby - about 2 years in. I have every fish I started with (thank goodness) with the exception of a couple neons I lost soon after bringing them home from a really well known big box type Pet Store. I have a 75 gallon pretty heavily planted aquarium. I've been on and off the wagon with CO2 injection, being successful with both approaches. Being an avid gardener of 20+ years, the planted tank isn't all that different. New names. More water. Tank inhabitants: 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco 3 Albino Corydoras 6Peppered Corys (Mom, Dad, and 4 surviving (grown) babies that took us by surprise) 4 Habrosus and 2 Pygmies (I love my Corys) 5 Nerites (2 of which recently relocated to brackish) 4 Neons and 1 silly loach my husband brought home from the same aforementioned big pet store. We've had him/her for quite some time now. I realize he/she would probably do better in a group, but the bottom feeding dynamic is beautiful here, and everyone mingles beautifully. (Also, the pet store sold him the last one they had, with a firm promise it would solve our ramshorn woes... Sigh) Anyway... I do also have a 39 gallon tank, lightly planted, inhabited by a thriving ghost shrimp colony And last, but certainly not least, I have a Green Spotted Puffer (sold to me as "freshwater") in a brackish tank. His name is Murderface. He's a good friend. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. I'll attach a picture of Zig Zag (the mysterious loach) Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Sorry if it's a bit blurry. Let me know if you need something better. I swear, he plays games with me the second he sees the camera. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Welcome to the forum, this is only a guess but it looks like a yo-yo 🤷🏻♂️. I don’t have any loaches or done much research on them, I’m sure others will be more help. your tanks sound great, any pics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CalmedByFish Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Beautiful tanks, and "Murderface" is an awesome name. 🙂 Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahi27 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Your loachie does look like a yo-yo type of thing, but I think there are other variations that are much less common. Probably all sold as the same thing, idk. I know Dansfish.com recently had some pseudo yo-yos in and he said he really couldn't be sure what to make of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I have 2 yo yo loaches right now and they both look almost exactly like that. When they were younger they had a more distinct yoyo on the side but now they look more like someone scribbled all over their sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 5:59 AM, burrowinghabits said: Hello Fishy People! My name is Dawn. I'm new here. To be honest, I was ISO assistance in identifying a loach... But while here, I'd be happy to tell you about my tanks. I'm new to the hobby - about 2 years in. I have every fish I started with (thank goodness) with the exception of a couple neons I lost soon after bringing them home from a really well known big box type Pet Store. I have a 75 gallon pretty heavily planted aquarium. I've been on and off the wagon with CO2 injection, being successful with both approaches. Being an avid gardener of 20+ years, the planted tank isn't all that different. New names. More water. Tank inhabitants: 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco 3 Albino Corydoras 6Peppered Corys (Mom, Dad, and 4 surviving (grown) babies that took us by surprise) 4 Habrosus and 2 Pygmies (I love my Corys) 5 Nerites (2 of which recently relocated to brackish) 4 Neons and 1 silly loach my husband brought home from the same aforementioned big pet store. We've had him/her for quite some time now. I realize he/she would probably do better in a group, but the bottom feeding dynamic is beautiful here, and everyone mingles beautifully. (Also, the pet store sold him the last one they had, with a firm promise it would solve our ramshorn woes... Sigh) Anyway... I do also have a 39 gallon tank, lightly planted, inhabited by a thriving ghost shrimp colony And last, but certainly not least, I have a Green Spotted Puffer (sold to me as "freshwater") in a brackish tank. His name is Murderface. He's a good friend. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. I'll attach a picture of Zig Zag (the mysterious loach) Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Sorry if it's a bit blurry. Let me know if you need something better. I swear, he plays games with me the second he sees the camera. Welcome to the forum! Great looking tanks you have there! I happen to be a fan of Corydoras too. The loach looks to me like a yo yo loach (Botia almorhae) or an angelicus loach (Botia kubotai) to me, though there are several other Botia loaches that have a similar pattern, so I can't be too sure on which one it is. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrowinghabits Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Thank you! I'm happy to be here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Welcome! I have a question about your brackish GSP tank. Did you cycle it with freshwater media from an established tank or did you start from scratch and let the brackish bacteria colony develop on its own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Welcome to the forum nice tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BETTA999 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 its a yoyo loach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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