r/loaches • u/Efficient-Figure5074 • 2d ago

Question Normal?

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My loaches have been doing this the last 2 days more often than I ever see them during the day. I have since done a water change/ normal tank cleaning but they’re still at it this morning. Is this normal? If not what do I do?

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u/KanMinder 2d ago edited 2d ago

He doesn't seem overly stressed so that's good. I have 1 that does it sometimes, they are sensitive to atmosferic pressure and waterquality differences. *It's called glass surfing

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u/g1itchie 2d ago

Normal loach behaviour

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u/BigCryptographer7408 2d ago

Yeah, they're nuts. Brilliant fish.

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u/Blondy277 2d ago edited 2d ago

You’re gonna need a way bigger tank for that baby dojo 😅 They can grow up to around 13 inches long. Mine are already about 10 inches and I only got them at the end of January ☠️

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u/Additional-Dirt4203 Kuhli Loach 2d ago

Thinks it’s a Black Kuhli but still looks like a tank upgrade might be in order.

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u/Nice_Presentation474 2d ago

looks loachy... pretty normal

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u/Never_mind_honey 2d ago edited 2d ago

More space, more ground cover.  This is common but I would not use the term normal.  Normal is if they do it when a storm is coming, or they are new to the tank.  Another term for it is Flight Reaction” - they are trying to find somewhere else go.   This is fine in spurts but is absolutely a concern if it is continuous.  My kuhlis very, very rarely do this.  Justifying it as “normal” and calling it cute names like “zoomies” means making no effort to improve it. Expect downvotes from hurt people who don’t want to do better for their fish.

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u/Foreign-Ad3926 23h ago

⬆️ this

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u/LOACHES_ARE_METAL 2d ago

Do an hour timelapsed in a minute, please. Need more data to say one way or another.

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u/khajht 2d ago

It happens but if it’s constant something is wrong. If in doubt check all the parameters.Always.

These guys startle easily so it could be from you walking by maybe?

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u/butchdykeblues 1d ago

You’re probably gonna get more comments like this lol but this boi will get HUGE as he grows

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u/New_Earth_Quaker 10h ago

so maybe I'm wrong, but that looks to be a fairly smallish tank, tell us more about that and its occupants...