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Hi, Everyone
I'm in the process of updating my aquarium set up. What is the
best filtration system? What is the difference between canister,
cascade, sponge. I do bi-weekly water changes of about 50%.

Hi Jonathon, I've used forks to hold the veggies with and that works quite well. My clowns will move thier food into their homes. :lol: :lol: The Veggie Rounds that I mentioned are made by Omega One. That is the only one that they seem to like. If you're concerned about them eating try feeding at ni...

Hi Jonathon<
Is the substate aquarium gravel? If it is don't worry. My clowns will move the gravel. Some say aquarium sand works well for clowns, but
I think that would be rather messy. Have you tried the veggies yet?
Yesterday I tried green beans, they loved them.

Hi Jonathon, You might want to try veggig rounds. Clown loaches love veggies and the veggie rounds are algea. They love them!! even the smaller loaches. They also go crazy over zuccini, and organe sections. But a much larger tank is definitely in order. Also don't be alarmed when you see them laying...

Thanks ,
I feel better now.

Hi, I have 1 20 gal. and 1 10 gal. Both have 2 internal filters 10-30, 5-15, they each have 2 sources if air. My 20 gal has 4 clown loaches 4 about 3 1/2 in. and 2 1in. I alsoze ahve 3 plecs about 5 in. 1 large angle. I was new to aquaiums when I purchased the clowns and wasn't informed about thier ...

Hi, I've never had a problem with algae before. Tonight I noticed what looks like reddish algae on one of the filters. I do regular water changes about 50% weeky and 30% every 3 days. What i would like to know is if this algae harmful what causes it, what can I do to get rid of it, does it effect am...

Hi, I'm new to the world of clown loaches. I purchased my first loaches about 1 year ago. I just love these guys, and they are doing really well. I do 50% water exchanges once a week and about 20% water exchanges 3x a week. My question is on different filters, compairing sponge filters, internal fil...