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by Bitey
Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:17 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: sick loach
Replies: 2
Views: 5512

Sounds like either a water quality issue or a mycobacterial infection (if it's emaciated).

Quarantine tank and quick treatment with kanamycin and erythromycin or trimethoprim sulfa is likely your only chance.

I think it'll be dead soon since it sounds like it's in dire condition and the usual ...
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by Bitey
Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:46 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Sudden Death of Clown
Replies: 17
Views: 27454

To be clear, your husband recently started medicating them?

Usually, fish problems can be traced to any recent changes made. That includes medications and even water changes themselves.
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by Bitey
Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:49 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Mysterious clown loach deaths
Replies: 6
Views: 8126

Mysterious clown loach deaths

I ordered 20 small (~1.25" long) clown loaches from liveaquaria.com last week. They shipped Thursday and arrived 9 am the next day with no losses. I trickled water into a bucket containing the fish and their original water over several hours until the TDS of both the tank and their bucket water ...
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by Bitey
Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:36 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Skinny Disease? Please advise.
Replies: 27
Views: 30536

I would disagree with the fish store's conclusion. Many people here have treated the disease successfully. As someone with a microbiology background, I'd say that it's generally futile to try to sterilze and restock a tank. If you just treat the affected fish and keep water quality high, the fish ...
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by Bitey
Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:12 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Water changes using rain water
Replies: 8
Views: 8215

You'd be surprised at how far away from civlization you can find pollutants these days. I wouldn't risk it. Use an RO filter if you want softer water.
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by Bitey
Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:40 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Fluval FX5
Replies: 8
Views: 9253

What size tank do you have it on? What pump do you use with it? Do you have any other filtration on that tank?

I'm trying to get ideas for what my next filtration scheme is going to be.

I have it on a 125 gal acrylic tank stocked with cichlids. I've tried pretty much all the filters: the Magnum ...
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by Bitey
Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:25 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Fluval FX5
Replies: 8
Views: 9253

If you're looking at a filter of that size and price, consider an Ocean Clear bead filter. It requires a separate pump but you'll get more flow. Water changes are combined with backflushing the filter. Just turn off the pump, flip a few valves, connect the drain hose, turn the pump on and wait a ...
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by Bitey
Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:39 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Fluval FX5
Replies: 8
Views: 9253

If you're looking at a filter of that size and price, consider an Ocean Clear bead filter. It requires a separate pump but you'll get more flow. Water changes are combined with backflushing the filter. Just turn off the pump, flip a few valves, connect the drain hose, turn the pump on and wait a few ...
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by Bitey
Fri May 11, 2007 5:22 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: UV Sterilizers (and Ick) - shoud I get the Sea Storm 15 watt
Replies: 8
Views: 9948

I have 7 UV sterilizers (3 active duty, 1 reserve, 1 that I currently don't use and needs a new bulb, and 2 that are junk and need new bulbs).

The two junk ones are an older Coralife and an Aquanetics 8W. You can still find replacement bulbs. The Aquanetics clearly has a burned out bulb but I'm not ...
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by Bitey
Thu May 10, 2007 1:21 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Goofy Clowns Video
Replies: 16
Views: 15314

For my 125, I initially tried the Rainbow-Lifegard (now Pentair) modular filtration system then a wet/dry and then an Ocean Clear bead filter.

I had various problems with the first two. The bead filter is wonderful. It doesn't clog quickly and there's no media to remove and clean. I just backflush ...
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by Bitey
Wed May 09, 2007 8:13 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Goofy Clowns Video
Replies: 16
Views: 15314

I always see tanks for cheap on Craigslist.
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by Bitey
Wed May 09, 2007 5:06 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Algae Killer will harm clown loaches?
Replies: 16
Views: 20039

wow...5 watts? the minimum i can find here in Malaysia is 9 watts.. :(

It's the new submersible mini-UV made by JBJ. I'd also use it for hospital tanks. The pump and light are integrated together and placed inside the tank so there's no plumbing to deal with. Only the ballast sits outside the ...
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by Bitey
Tue May 08, 2007 10:38 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Algae Killer will harm clown loaches?
Replies: 16
Views: 20039

A UV sterilizer should do the trick and your fish would be less likely to get sick as well.

I just got my smallest UV unit ever, a 5W submersible unit, to take care of green water in my 10 gal planted tank and it's done a wonderful job.

For ponds that get a lot of sunlight, they're almost a ...
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by Bitey
Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:18 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: pump for sump
Replies: 4
Views: 5528

Try Marine Depot and Champion Lighting as well as others.

Avoid Rio and Mag Drive pumps.

I currently use a Gen-X which, after breaking-in, is fairly quiet and it has an external fan for self-cooling.
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by Bitey
Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:15 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Feeding Frenzy pics.....
Replies: 15
Views: 16196

Hmmmm...I threw one of the stainless steel rods onto my scale and it was just under 19 grams at 12" long and 1/8" diameter. The ends came ground down nicely so they're quite blunt. It actually takes some effort to skewer raw zucchini slices.

I never really had any problems using a fork...I just ...

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