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Tanja, thats fantastic

the fish club i used to go to was a good place for selling on fish that people had bred or didnt want any more, so hopefully the excess you have will easily find good homes

I am so sorry to hear about Marge. she was a wonderfull loach and i was priviledged to meet her, and i will miss her too. Martin summed things up well. she was majestic.

Marge definately had the best possible home, she had a good life, but its so sad that its her time

Em, my thoughts are with you ...

thanks for the PDF, it will make good bedtime reading

as long as everybody is OK with the modesta having the best spots (loaches , it sounds good :D the modesta really seem to be one of those "your mileage wil vary" fish.

my top dog (bitch?) striata is a case of not bothering anyone unless they want Her food, and as long as your modesta keep to not ...

i hope all is OK for the time being - i would be a bit wary of the modesta.

sorry to hear you had an emergency. will you be able to set up another tank again for them in the future, or was this a more permanent tank merge?

best wishes

would you be able to show us a picture?

what do you feed them and how often?

also, if you are concerns thats its a health problem, can you tell us more about your tank - pH, temperature, harness, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite?

now why wont my lot stay still long enough for the camera to focus?


i enjoyed seeing photos of yours being normal loaches rather than posers, or stick-on loaches (i am sure some people on here really use superglue!). and they are heathy looking tails too surely they cant be shy

i think i would avoid feeding untill everything is settled. if they dont want to eat, it will only turn the water bad.

definately check your water parameters

i hope they are OK - let us know how you get on

i must stop looking at this pornography!

really nice to see

sorry to hear your loss. it sounds like you did your best and that she was beyond saving, but at least you tried

a very good thing you put her in the Q tank

i am sure there is somebody (no names mentioned) on here who uses a special naturally produced fertiliser to get algae going....

i have my lights right at the back of the tank, and there is plenty of algae growing for the garras to graze. one of the silly whotsists insists on bending himself in ...

its the E you have been dissolving into the water, Mick. you have them all lovey

not a problem. they come from habitats that vary from relatively still to relatively fast moving water, although nothing like the flows hillstream loaches need.

dont worry