© Mark Duffill

The Dwarf Loach has probably always been my favourite loach; with Clowns and Emperors coming a very close second. For me, there is just something about the outgoing character of Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki that sets them apart from other loaches. I have kept Y. sidthimunki on and off continually throughout my 30 years of fish keeping, but had only ever kept them singly or in very small groups of 6 or so fish. A few years ago, after buying 4 Sun loaches (Y. eos), I stumbled across the website and forum ‘Loaches Online’. To cut a long story short, I have been a fully fledged ‘loachaholic’ ever since! Continue reading »

Stefan van der Voort

Prelude: 20 December 2011—recently an article by me was published in a German hobbyist magazine and was without notification altered to such extend that it no longer represented my view from the written and submitted version. What follows here is the original, unaltered version, with only the acknowledgements chapter added.

© Stefan van der Voort

Continue reading »

Well, that’s it, the original SF website is no more. While it served us well over the last 4 or 5 years we felt an update was long overdue, so here we are with a shiny, fresh version packed with new stuff!

Apart from the obvious facelift we’ve given everything, there are a number of additional features, most of which should already be fully-functional. Please try them out and report any problems you encounter here, or offer feedback here, and take a few minutes to read through the remainder of this introduction. Continue reading »