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This has been a very rough year for my loaches. I lost a lot fish this summer. I blamed it on the heat in summer but I just lost another one yesterday. High TDS is a constant battle and I worry about it a lot. I am seriously considering putting them up for adoption. If you would like to take a look ...

I finally got a TDS pen to test my water quality in my clown loach tank. My tap water after priming measured 377ppm! My tank water is almost twice as bad, over 600! Everybody in the tank seems healthy, active and feeding. I have got to get my water cleaned up as fast as possible with as little stres...

Keith Wolcott wrote:My 300 gallon tank has four pumps that each pump 3500 gph and I would call that minimal flow.

What brand of pumps are you using?

I'm thinking about adding a Reeflo Snapper Hybrid to my 300gal tall clown loach tank. It will be pumping 4.5' from the bottom my cabinet to a 1.5" return line. According to manufacturer specs the pump is good for about 1850gph at 4' head. Is this too much? I can always throttle it down with a ball v...

Another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDA-VKr9rlo

Just uploaded five more, check 'em out.

I can't figure out how to embed a video.
12 new clowns. 26 clown loaches in total.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN-Veo41qxg

I like the concept of pre-medicated food. I have a bunch of small loaches that I would like to bulk up.

Do you have a version of your nitrate calculator that I could download?

How many pellets do you feed and how many loaches do you have?

I will be leaving Indy on the 5th and returning on the 8th. I have a Styrofoam insulated shipping box, but I don't think it will be large enough for 12 fish. The owner of a local fish shop here in Indy might be able to give me another box.

I'm very interested in your clowns. I'll be travelling to Milwaukee next weekend. I've got a 300gal with a healthy pack of 14. There is plenty of room for more.

I changed the original post to remove the duplicated video and add a new video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wmcBfgz9M

This tank will get a big renovation in the next month.

Always begging for food
Don't even mention :38.
Begging some more


Is it really normal for them to be begging like this all day?

Mine are really good about hand feeding but now I can hardly get a finger or a hand in the tank to work without getting nibbled.

hard boiled egg white
They go nuts for this and its easy for them to bite off pieces.

I bought four new 5" clowns up in Milwaukee at a shop called Aquatics Unlimited for $100. I am really impressed with this shop. The guys gave me a Styrofoam shipping box for the long drive back to Indy. They had plenty of larger clown loaches. They had many for sale that were 5"-7", they were $35 ea...