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I should have consulted on the forum before placing the order :( The water conditioners were purchased because they are not available where I live. I did lose 3 clowns post the ph rising to 7.5, but I also saw an improvement in the others. At one point of time 8 clowns were showing signs of internal...

Thank you for your reply Diana. The KH in the water was too low. The KH of water in my area is very low so I added crushed shells and this helped in increasing the ph from 4.5 to 7.5. This change was quite sudden and I lost 3 clowns in the weeks that followed. But the clowns seemed to show signs of ...

Sorry I forgot to mention the ph status. I added crushed shells and the ph rose from 4.5 to 7.5.

It’s been at 7.5 for the last 4 weeks.
I can’t get any more meds. These will only reach me by the month end. I hope thy work.

I have placed an order for the following meds and water conditioners: 1 Tetra Aqua Safe 500 ml 1 Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Pimafix -16 OZ. 1 Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Melafix 16 OZ. 1 Jungle Internal Para Guard 2 oz 1 Mardel Maracyn II Powder Freshwater - 24 Pack 1 Seachem Prime- 500 ml 1 Aquarium Pha...

Over that last 6 weeks I have lost 6 clown loaches to what I now think is an internal bacterial infection combined with ph fluctuations. I have just got myself a list of meds and water conditioners which will reach me by the end of the month. In my previous post I have listed all the information abo...

GREAT PICS

Is that a JD you have there with the clowns?

The setup looks good

Thank you for posting the photos.

I plan to setup a similar 6 feet river tank for my clown loaches in December. I am sure your loaches will love the water flow and design.

I do not have any plants in my 79 gallon clown tank. The only reason I am thinking about medicating the whole tank is cause I think the infection may be contagious, also the quarantine tank is just 1 foot in length and I am not comfortable keeping the three 4" clowns in such a small tank. The only p...

I do not have any plants in my 79 gallon clown tank. The only reason I am thinking about medicating the whole tank is cause I think the infection may be contagious, also the quarantine tank is just 1 foot in length and I am not comfortable keeping the three 4" clowns in such a small tank. The only p...

Three of the clowns who had cloudy eyes and fin rot have been put into a small quarantine tank where they are being medicated. Some signs of recovery are present (cloudy eyes seem to have cleared up and fin rot seems to have stopped). The instructions provided by Azoo mention that treatment should b...

I got myself a 120ml bottle of AZOO BACTERIA TREATER in liquid form. It contains Methylene Blue and Acrinol. I have attached the url for your reference http://www.azoo.com.tw/azoo_en/modules.php?name=Product_Review&bkid=282 Three of the clowns who had cloudy eyes and fin rot have been put into a sma...

It’s a 120ml bottle in liquid form. It only mentioned Methylene Blue and Acrinol. I have attached the url for your reference http://www.azoo.com.tw/azoo_en/modules.php?name=Product_Review&bkid=282 AZOO BACTERIA TREATER works well against most bacteria diseases: Columnaris disease, Tail and Fin Rot, ...

I have had some tough times with my clown tank recently. I had a very low ph of 4.5 for about 2 months and finally realised it was very low KH that was a problem. Added some shells and brought the ph up as slowly as possible to 7. 3 of my clowns are in very bad shape with black splotches on their bo...

16 of the 19 clowns are looking good, 3 of them still look pretty bad. The PH finally came back to 7.0, I added some sea shells to the tank and the ph shot up in 48 hours, not a lot of shells though. I also got myself some bacterial medicine - it's called Azoo Bacterial treatment and contains Methyl...

Sorry about hijacking the thread, very nice photo. I just wanted to know if its possible to keep shrimp with clown loaches without them being eaten?Obviously, it's your picture that's tempting me to get some that will regularly supply breakfast to the clowns.