Anyone keep weather loaches? I love these guys!

If so can you tell me about yours, how big it is and if it's grown to that size fully and no more, (i know they can get to 18 even 20", but generally stay aorund 5-8"? in a smaller tank), edit : just read 8-10"..every care guide says something different, i just think it depends.lol
Could you tell me if you have it in a tropical or cold water tank (i know they are cold water but can withstand up to 28c, or so the guy in the shop said.)

Any habits they have, what their like with your other fish and what fish do you keep them with?

Anything else would be appreciated too.

Ive read all about them on the net and from peoples experiences and care sheets and so on, but i want to know if anyone here keeps them?

thanks.


edit: forgot to add - I knwo that their supposed to be housed in groups or at least more than one, yet ive read so many paragraphs on the net by people who own them and only have one. They say their fun and they eat from theirs hands and they go on and on....so do they really need company? ive read soooo much on single housed ones doing very well. o.0

I used to have 3 in my pond, with a few koi. they were no problem to the othr fish whatsoever, but yeah they can get a bit large for tanks, my biggest was about 19" and two smaller ones were around 16/17". but yeah they were good fun

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Whats your views on company for them then? ive read so much on ones housed on their own and no body seems to have any problems.
o.0

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and he seemed fine by himself?

They are funny and very slippery little jumpy devils! lol

I do actually have one y'see, and he's only 3 and a half inches long, he's in a smaller tank until he grows and he'll be moved.
He loves his catfish pellets and has even had some fish eggs as my tetras were spawning yesterday.
He's in my tropical tank until my house is sorted and the tanks are in permanant place. Im just not sure on if he needs company like advised cause everyone seems to just have one.o.0
He's doing so well too, and does'nt seem to mind, he is active eating and seems happy enough. I read if their by them selves they stay still for long periods and seem listless, mine is'nt! and he's infront of me on my desk so i get to watch him all the time.
I just want peoples first hand experiences with them, as it's all very interesting.


edit: house sorted as in, we're having our bathroom and kitchen done, alot of work is going on and evreythings a right mess so our larger cold water fish are just in the hallway until everythings finished and i can start doing a better set up for them.

depends on the actual fish really. my bigger one was always a bit distant towards the others, usually spent his time at the other end in the plants

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what we call a weather loach, must be something different. little greyish guys. i never had one over 4" or so. and that was big. mine in a community tank.

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1.3.1 Rhacodactylus Ciliatus
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4.4.3 Eublepharis Macularius
2.2 Stenodactylus Sthenodactylus
3.1 Pantherophis Guttatus
1.1 Python Regius

i had one that was kept in a tank with 4 goldfish and he was oki.... and cleaning out was fun he would jump on to floor.but i had an unfortunate thing happen i had one of those castle ornaments in my tank and i came home from school one day to find he had got stuck in one of the grooves inside the castle and he died so beware!

funny you should say that, i have a castle too, but i did think that, and am planning to take it out, at the moment he's not big enough to get stuck and he has sat in there.
But i will be replacing it soon with something nice he can hide in but wont get stuck in.



Thanks everyone for your comments, im glad all of yours dont seem to get stressed alone, as mine seems fine for the moment.
Just caught him resting his head on a ledge on the castle with his body hanging down. he's very sweet and he really does'nt mind the guppies and zebras swimming around, they all get on so well.
I'll move him when he gets a little bigger, but he's so small right now.