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Hi bgloyn, Did you want to part with of all of them at the same time? I'd like to take some but since I'll be upgrading to a 6ft tank in december, that means they might be a bit crowded in a 4ft long 65G with my 5 clowns. Would you say they are mostly closer to 4.5" or 2"? Just trying to get an idea...

Barracuda518 wrote:Very nice. What are you feeding them?

I'd like to know too, it looks delicious!

-Thomas

ok, thanks for both of your replies. I went to look at them with a flashlight (it's dark in there now) to measure, but could only find one out of five. So, maybe they like to go under the sand at night? They are pretty small though, I'm thinking about 2 inches, nose to end...though I don't really kn...

Hey everyone, just hoping you could shed a little light on my new Horse-faced loaches. I bought them at my LFS for 3.49 each, which I thought was a good deal, though they are small. Anyway, I got them home and expected them to dig under the sand and never see them again but they are all still (2 day...

Hey everyone, thanks so much for you help and words of encouragement. I ended up losing all but one of my clowns. It was quite disheartening, to say the least, however, the one remaining one has made a full recovery. I thought he was going to die as well. For two weeks, he stayed near the top of the...

Hi, my name is Thomas, and I'm a loachaholic...:wink: Thanks for your support. Tragically, one of my medium ones has died and another is almost there. The largest one, from the first photo, is about gone too. I supposed I should try to euthanize them, but I don't know if I have the nerve. I'll head ...

Thanks so much for you help, Shari. The process is underway and I'll let you know how it all progresses. They are all looking quite ill and the largest one looks like he's barely hanging on. I found one of my smaller ones dead when I started the water change so who knows how it'll go. I've lost 4 cl...

I'd try the acriflavine after a large water change. Run some carbon for a few hours (don't know how long would be helpful but you need to act fast if it's velvet at the stage I'm seeing) to try to get rid of the Quick Cure. Does the Quick Cure interact poorly with the Acriflavine? I can imagine tha...

Hi, thank you both so much for responding. Hey Thomas, What are you treating with? I saw what looked like one possible ich cyst on the first set of pics, unless that's either on the glass or in the water? Initially my small loaches had Ich then I started treatment with Quick Cure, under the guidelin...

I use Silica sand and am quite happy with it as a substrate. the only think I can say that might be a negative is that it does reflect a lot of light and that might spook the clowns since they prefer more subdued lighting. This isn't fact, though, it's just a guess (though it is a fact that white sa...

I went to check on them again and I saw my medium loach out. (I can't call them by their names because I can't identify them when their fins are all clamped down.) It seems like he's gasping for air, which I guess might be a sign of respiratory failure due to ich in the gills? I feel so bad for them...

Hi everyone, I was hoping that you all could chime in about my sick Clowns. I have been treating for Ich and am on the 6th day of treatment. I've lost one of my small guys already and also a Black Phantom tetra. My problem is that it may look like something else as well. It was definately Ich to beg...

Anyone have any idea where to get Levamisole in Canada? I'm in Kingston, Ontario and nobody I speak to seems to have the foggiest idea what I'm talking about. Farm feed stores, vets....what am I missing? is it just not that available in Canada? Alternatively, I picked up some Erythromycin gel at the...

Hi Marita, Are you sure it's Velvet disease? It may be possible that it's "Ich" instead of Velvet. Ich produces larger (but still tiny) cysts on the fish whereas Velvet is more powdery(or velvety?). Here's a link with a description and pictures for both (and many others). If you are still unsure abo...

just sitting here, trying to rock my 1y.o. daughter back to sleep(60 mins and still going)....she's teething....I thought I'd do something productive... Here's the 1st batch. I'm thinking most of them are spotted, but I don't know what the two in the middle are.... http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img...