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I can't even find the little bugger! He/she has been hiding since the first night I brought him/her home. There aren't THAT many places to hide in the tank...just a few pieces of wood with a labyrinth of holes...and a vase thingy and a cool rock type decoration. Anyway, I have visually inspected all ...

loaches are bad fish for people starting out IMO
it is bad to buy loaches just for snail control
loaches need clean clean and just so you know clean water
a %50 water change should be done weekly
Always use a Qtank for 4 weeks before introducing a new fish to your main tank or else you could kill ...

Hi, and welcome to LOL.
first i would like to recomend a couple of articles for you to read about clowns
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/clown-loach-chromobotia-macracanthus
http://www.loaches.com/articles/an-introduction-to-keeping-botia
As you read, you will find that these guys need ...

Hi! Glad I stumbled across your site. I bought a 55 gal. concave front D-shaped tank a few months back for $100 and started with 6 Glowlight tetras, 6 Rosy tetras and 4 catfish tetras (?). We also added several live plants at the same time...and now have a HUGE overflow of snails. At first I thought ...