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As a precaution I started to slowly add salt to my aquarium with melafix. I have one loach who is very dominant (who is also the biggest) and chases everyone and sometimes picks at the others. But I have noticed that they were more active now since the spring and this dominant loach seems to be more...

Hi all, Today I noticed 3 of loaches having something on their skin and I'm unable to identify what it could be. I haven't tested the water yet as I had to go work. But I did a 30% water change, removed the carbon and added melafix. I'll do another 30% water change on Thursday or Friday. It is locat...

Diana was right. One of my fish had a worm. I wasn't able to get the de-wormer Diana recommended but I was able to get Prazi Pro. Today I treated my tank with it and 15 minutes after I put the stuff in one of my guppies pooped out a worm. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6568108/worm.jpg Yuck! Well I'm happ...

Hi DainBramage1991 and UVvis, Thanks for the advice! Today I bought a 70 gallon tank. I wanted to get a 120 gallon tank but I couldn't find a good one second hand or it was to expensive. And I was worried that it might be to heavy for the wooden floors in my apartment. Next year I'm going to buy a c...

Hi Dianna, Thanks for the reply. I will take a look at what the stores are selling here. I have bought a 70 gallon tank today which will become my main tank. (Which I will start cycling tomorrow) The 37 gallon tank I have now will become my holding tank. And I will treat my current loaches and my fu...

Hi Boxercrazy156, Thanks for your reply. I'm very happy to hear that your loaches are happy in the new 120 gallon tank. I'm currently looking for a larger tank. Sadly I can't get a 120 gallon because I live in an apartment with wooden floors. It would simply not hold. So I'm activily looking for a 7...

This is related to my previous post; http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=23288 I am tempted to buy another tank to replace my current one. At the moment I have a 37 gallon tank with a surface dimension of 18 inch by 20 inch. I have a feeling that this might not be big enough to keep five z...

I'm sad to report that both of have died. :( We spotted them every now and then eating from the cucumber or trying to eat from the pellets but my aggressive loach kept chasing them away. Because of this we decided to keep them instead of returning them to the store. But this was like a week ago. The...

Hi Diana, Thanks for the reply. I've changed the setup a little bit and I've noticed that the loaches are now also using the other vase during the night. In the morning they prefer to hide on top of it or behind it. I haven't tried the garlic yet as I didn't had any in the house and wasn't able to b...

I've recently bought 5 zebra loaches and I wanted to ask you all something about it. When I added the zebra loaches they were easily settled and didn't look all that stressed. However now they fight most of the time and 2 of the 3 aren't as active or eat as much. I haven't seen these 2 eat at all ho...