Loaches Online Forum

Thanks very much mattyd, that's great help. I'm getting some bristlenoses from a friend who breeds them and looks after them well. The rest of the fish I'm ordering from livefish.com.au and aquagreen. My local vet is excellent, so I'll have a word in their ear and see what I can do about the maracyn...

Yes, my tank is still sitting empty too, I have to replace some of the bulkheads which were either non existent, or cracked, and held together with masses of silicone. I'm waiting on the bulkheads to be delivered, then I'll finish everything off. So mattyd, quarantining...I'm going to do that with t...

I would not recommend anyone do what I have done. This tank is becoming more complicated by the minute. Upon breaking down the large tank, I found that there were no bulkheads installed in the overflow box...the high pressure pvc pipes were just screwed on either side of the glass, and stacks of sil...

The temporary tank seems to have settled...tests give me results of 0 Ammonia, 0 nitrite and 10-15 nitrates, so most of the bacteria in the fx5 must have survived the couple of days with no power. The big tank is home, I need to reseal all the plumbing and buy one new pvc part which was cracked and ...

Thanks very much chefkeith, you've been an enormous help.

Ok, no loach island, just plenty of hiding spaces. Good long quarantine. Photos when I'm done.

Good stuff. I have the filter outlet a few centimetres above the water line and an air stone is going in along with the the rest of the gear I collect today, so hoping that's enough. Thank you.

And now for some questions if anyone can help. I'd be very grateful. So, the fish are here now, in their temporary tank (155 litre) and have been here for a day. I'm running a fluval 205, but the size of the fish themselves mean that it's overstocked in the first place. Plus this canister is not cyc...

Okay, so I have had to move my new fish here before the tank (see my other thread, 1000 litre tank). Thought it might be time to start my journal and put up some photos. Here is their temporary home, sans fish. I've since put in more fake plants to give them more hiding room. I don't like the sunken...

Thanks newshound. I'm running filters, doing daily water tests and changes. I'm getting the slightest tinge of ammonia showing up, no nitrites, and around 10-20 nitrates (I had to move the fish here yesterday). Also not feeding them for a few days, and then just lightly. Praying I don't have big iss...

I'd love to hire professionals...I've actually searched everywhere but I'm in country NSW and there's nothing around for hundreds of miles. :( I am going to have to get a few of my young strong nephews and pray they just follow my instructions to the letter (I'll probably be hovering around having a...

Bump, any opinions? Also starting to panic about moving such a large tank. I'm planning on hiring a trolley, glass suction cups, and a large trailer to transport it, plus round up a few strong relatives for all the heavy labour part, but I'm worrying more about stressing the fish. The tank is so lar...

THAT was cool, thank you! If you get any fry, you'll have to name one Philip J.

I love the Darwin algae eaters (sorry for resurrecting an old thread). There are a variety with red noses that I can get here, but I only have one tank for shrimp and the kids want cherrys! One day...

Heh heh, death by snoo snoo. Looking forward to the videos.

A bit freaked out, no, it didn't magically grow overnight but it's almost the same. I'm just getting back into aquaria after not having any tanks for a few years, and I just bought a bargain tank that was described to me as 6ftwx2dx2h, "wow pretty cool" I thought, "I can set up a clown loach tank an...