Loaches Online Forum

The info on vacuuming really helps!!!! So you let the [i]current[/i] push all the garbage to one end? I've seen all this info written before but some of it doesn't make sense.......what exactly creates the current? I read power head, but don't get it.....is it part of the filter? Or is it a seperate...

I've posted here sporadically before for various issues. I've been planning on upgrading our loach tank for quite some time as we bought a building and are moving, but didn't realize how long rehabbing would take! Alas, I'm afraid my clown loaches are waaay too crowded now in a 30 gallon, I had 5, b...

Well, thanks for the totally goofy answer. :lol: A few years isn't a very long time for an animal that can live 20.......I had an animal that didn't show symptoms until she was 9 1/2, by then it was too late. I'm not going to say what image you sitting there with a bag a Doritos brings to mind, but ...

Hi, if anyone here has other pets, they might be familiar with ethoxyquin, a wood resin used as a preservative in pet foods. Due to pet owner outrage they've taken it out of a lot of products including dog/cat and bird food due to all the health problems that seemed to be caused by it. The safety le...

[quote]Sometimes it can't be helped though. Like if the advice is 'to rehome the fish' and its because your tank isn't big enough.. sometimes I would think the person doing the inquiry needs to contemplate this on their own personal terms. You have a 75 or 100 gallon tank, you should rehome the fish...

I have what I consider to be a crowded tank. Part of this was ignorance and part of this is because we are moving soon and I know the fish are getting a much bigger tank when we move. I have a 30 gallon tank, with 5 clown loaches, 2 rainbow fish, 2 polka dot loaches and a gianormous pleco. My pleco ...

Hi, I've posted here about my loaches a few times while struggling to clear up some initial illness and since I think I've cleared all that up, I'm now curious about what the future holds. I've seen some people post here about 10-14 year old loaches, so I'm wondering if they've had these the duratio...

oh yea, and last but not least......I always have a big air pump going in my tank with airstones and a bendy bubble wand.........they love it and actually frequently play and sleep right near the stone with the bubbles blowing their fins while they are out cold. It's pretty funny.

Okay, just so it's clear......I know now and have been pulling the carbon before each Ick treatment....so it's been out during this treatment.

Okay, my tank is 30 gallons and the temp is between 82-84 degrees. Initially with my little skinny loach, the tank was treated with Maracyn and Maracyn two. Then with the first flair up of Ick.....I used MARACIDE with an active ingredient of MALACHITE GREEN and CHITOSAN. Then after over a week of tr...

Okay, I read the sticky and I've posted here before......I originally had a problem with a tiny, little sick loach that I successfully treated from advice from this board.....however, in my effort to treat the fish, I broke my heater on the last day of treatment and developed ick. None of the other ...

Okay, I just have to point something out because while I'm sure keeping them in a 10 gallon tank since fall of '05 isn't great, I'm also sure that there are so many contributing factors. People should know that sometimes pet stores sell older fish that have been stunted already as young fish. I had ...

Hi, I posted here a few weeks ago when I brought home a sick little loach with skinny disease. I treated him successfully and he recovered completely.....he's still a little thin and wierd, but he eats like a pig and is strong and active. However, on the last day of treatment, I posted here because ...

Okay, My fish has recovered from the "skinny" problem and is now eating, however! Due to my flakiness when doing a water change, the temp jumped around and now they have ick!!!! Anyway, I'm doing small but many water changes and put in a fresh carbon so now I want to know when it's safe to use my Ma...

Thanks for all the advice. I managed to buy a heater that is completely submergeable and has automatic shut off if it leaves the water.....my husband gave me the big "duhh....doncha know?!" about the coils heating up! I'm just not used to using a heater. I'm really surprised my fish haven't died. Fi...