I am still here and so are my Clown Loaches.
What has happened over the past year with my Clown Loaches? Not much but as usual they have benefitted from my constant careful attention. As always I have found some small ways of improving things. In 2022 they needed a replacement 300W heater and 58W T8 light tube, I improved the venturi on the powerheads to maximise oxygenation, they are enjoying the addition of occasional Frozen Cooked Mussels and Fluval Bug Bites to their diet, I am now cleaning the ornaments with hydrogen peroxide rather than glutaraldehyde and I have begun scraping the algae from the back and sides of the glass as well as the front because the fur-like algae was shedding into the water column which didn't look good.
All of them seem healthy. The largest, Anthia, has lost some weight (which may be a sign of old age) but is still very dominant and I fully expect them all to reach 30 years of age this time next year. It doesn't seem long since I was aiming for 20 year old Clown Loaches.
