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I lost two of my bamboo shrimps (2" big) to the 3 clown loaches (2" big). Shrimps moult their shells every few weeks. At that time, they are just sfot meats for the loaches. They just can't pass away the easy meals. Sometimes the shrimps will be able to hide when they moulting. It may take a few mon...

I saw some nice pics here with really pretty colors for clown loach. I wonder how come mine just not showing that kind of yellow and black. The colors are kind of dull for mine. They (three of them) were in the tank for about 3 months now (about 2.5" each) and eating/playing fine. Don't see any prob...

First of all, Over dose Prime is not a good idea. I think you are safe for double the normal dosage. After that, your fish will not like it, especially if they are sensitive fish like fry or discus. I change about 44g of water each time and I use about 1 and 1/2 cap full. 2. If you are going to add ...

I just added 3 of them in my 125 g tank and I'm wondering how fast they can grow. They are about 2" now. I may have to re house two or three of my full grown discus to make room for them in the future. I'm hoping my discus can pair up by then and I can move the pair into a breeding tank. I know I sh...

I have two bamboo shrimps and they will not bother any fish. They like to stay around the outlets of the filters to get the current and they shed their shell/skin once a while.

Mine are about 2" big now. I did use the nano tank to QT them for a while. I did daily WCs while they were in there.

Thanks for the advise. I wish I had bit more room so I can have 3 of them in the tank. Well, maybe I can give my friend one or two of my 6" discus. Should that give me enough room to house three of them? I want them to be happy and healthy. That's why I'm concerned about the bio load issue and ask q...

I know that clowns like to be in group of 3 or more. I just wonder if anyone is able to keep a single clown in the tank. I don't have too much spare bio load for the tank and I really want a loach to eat the snails. Tried yoyos and zebras, did not work. Had to take them back to the store because the...

Sometimes yoyos will pick the eyes out of cories. I had 3 cories missing one eye after few days I put in the yoyos.

I had three yoyos. The first week was fine. After a while, two of them started to pick on my discus. Had to take these two back. Then the 3rd one two weeks later started doing the same. Had to take it back too. I had one zebra in the past (did not know then need to be at least 3 :oops: ). It was OK ...

Thanks for the help. Not so sure what to do yet. I tried zebras and yoyos, they did not work out because after a while, they start to pick on my discus. Had to return them to the shop. Not sure about teh Sids. I don't see them at my LFS. I checked the information and it is endangered in the wild. No...

Well, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP!

Any idea?

Hi, Newbie here. I have some problems with snail in the tank. Got them from the plants I put in there. Anyway, I wonder what would be the best loach to control snails in a discus tank? I tried yoyos, that did not work because they started to pick on my discus. Had to return them to the LFS. I used t...