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I have enjoyed this site and forum for the last few days,there is so much quality info in here. You people are so supportive of each other that I had to join your group. I have found your links and photo's facinating . Emma your store and tanks are so nice .Martin, the river tank is spectacular. I see plenty of regulars here and with so many people posting such good responses to questions I look forward to sharing my experiences with my loaches and listening to and reading yours. I have 7 tanks in my basement with a capacity around 1000 gallons, 4 large and a couple small with a 70 separate . All my filtration is bio stacks, 2 large home-made and a couple of Rena XP-3's with a 36 watt UV on one and air sponges in each tank. I currently have around 30 Botias and other loaches with some mid water schools and other fish. My oldest fish is a rapheal cat thats about 15 yrs. old My oldest and biggest Botias are three Macranthas about 5 years old and 5-6 inches long not counting their tails that spend their time in a 4" PVC pipe with a full grown Ornate Bichir. I look forward to meeting all of you on line.......Tinman
welcome, sounds like an impressive setup you have. im hoping to see pictures in the future
-Jamie
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- Graeme Robson
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Hello ChefKeith , Rubix and Graeme. Thank You for the Welcome. I would love to show you my set-up but my pics are not near the benchmark set by this site. My set-up is for grow not show as it is in my basement with home-made tops and lighting but the fish don't seem to mind. I will post a few pics tonight after work. My avatar is one of my fish sold to me as a "Golden Loach" who is about 3.5" at about 5 years.
- Martin Thoene
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- Emma Turner
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Thanks for the Welcome from everybody.Thanks for the ID Martin I am excited to meet so many Loach crazed fish tamers. I snapped some pics of my system and put them on Photobucket . Here is a link http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t26/ ... medtinman/
I welcome comments and questions from you all. Tinman
I welcome comments and questions from you all. Tinman
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- Emma Turner
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No substrate lets me maintain a clean aqaurium over the long term. I used to lose fish off and on for no reason . I can maintain my tank easier this way and I don't suffer from fish loss except rarely now . Some like my weather loach need something and I have tried little bowls of sand but they don't enter. When I used substrate my loaches used to team up as a flight and roll all the rocks in their mouths for fun and food so I am aware they like it.I would lose expensive plecos with gill infections and decided it must be a clump coming out of the substrate occasionally and getting lodged in the gills then getting infected. I just feel the risks of substrate outweigh the benefits.Plus I get a little more water in my system without the rock. My little tanks upstairs have a fine sand that keeps the waste product from entering and sinking so all is not bare here in Kansas. My separate tank I am going to try some plants and may be pulling some substrate back out of storage for that.I think I have 200-300 pounds in containers washed dried and put away of all sizes.
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