Tired of searching....need help, advice, ID!

[wesleydnunder]

Kissing gouramis can get quite large. I've seen them up to 8". They may do ok with your oscars if they are added now... much like the parrots. I've never seen kissers injure other fish... just trying to take each other's faces off.

Mark

[AquaticAddict]

I love loaches. I have 3 golden dojos and 2 kuhli loahes, had three too but one committed suicide found a lil hole at the top. I also found one of my goldens in the aquaclear while doing a WC

[ScorpiosWife]

Thanks, Mark! I think for now I'm just gonna try the parrots and see how that goes. Very soon the 75g won't be big enough for our O's, muchless the O's and the face shredders, lol. On a side note, our snails are happily taking over their little tank & it just so happens to be feeding time for the puffers!

[aquabee]

Yay! Send pics of the parrots with the oscars!

[ScorpiosWife]

This is the Olympic gold champion. Trying this from my phone so if it doesn't come through I'll delete and upload from my computer.

[ScorpiosWife]

Hopefully someone can tell me what kind of loach he is. He doesn't look like the other zebras I've found online.

[aquabee]

Hopefully someone can tell me what kind of loach he is. He doesn't look like the other zebras I've found online.

Try for a pic?

[eklikewhoa]

Pics would do wonders with identifying

[ScorpiosWife]

It's on page 2 at the bottom, Bee. But, here's another one!
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And just to update.... there has been no more loach olympics since moving the parrots over with the oscars. I think they were just too crowded and it was makin' 'em jumpy/frustrated. The parrots are getting along with the oscars, too! The oscars attitudes were as if to say "Holy cow, you're huge & we don't want no part of that!" & they've stayed peaceful all day.

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[aquabee]

Hm. I've seen that before... but are you sure it's a loach? I can't remember what it's called. EK?

Those parrots look GREAT in that tank with the oscars. Rock on! Haha I BET they were all freaked out... those parrots can have crazy expressions LOL. So stocking problems partially solved??

[eklikewhoa]

Starts with a L I believe... Not a loach if memory served right lepto something...

[aquabee]

I think I got it! Not lepto but you jogged my memory... is it leporinus affinis/fasciatus??

[eklikewhoa]

That's it!

[Scorpio]

Yep. That's it. Thanks for yalls help

[ScorpiosWife]

Thanks ladies! Truly appreciate yall's help. We got the pair from another boxer & I he musta been misinformed, too. At least now we know! Now, I gotta research these guys so we know how to properly care for them. First thing I learned I gotta do is count the bands cuz that determines which they are (affinis or fasciatus) *30 minutes later & distracted by EK's pimping post* and since I forgot to post this when I flipped to the other window to read more & go count... there's 10, lol. Fasciatus it is! *Doh!*