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yea I had 3 Dalmatian mollies in there with them but, the clowns are small and need to eat more a day than the mollies, and the mollies were eating to much. so I am kind of at a loss... will it hurt them to wait til they get bigger for the dither fish?

well there is a Bushy Nose Ancistrus pleco, a cory, a Otocinclus, and 4 clowns there are 2 caves, and a drift wood bridge for shade, as well as plenty of plastic plants.

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I have 3 - 1.5 inch loaches and 1 - 2 inch, and they are kind of timid. they run and hide every time someone walks by the aquarium.

what things can I do to make them less timid? (i.e. I have seen pictures of clowns hanging out and eat out of the owners hand.)

ok moved the mollies and the clowns are eating, yea I have other foods was just using that as a basis.

water is 79 and yep same tank as my clowns, and I will do a water change right now.

thanks Diana

I know that I am supposed to feed my clowns (1.5 inches) around 5 to 6 times a day, but my top feeders (mollies) are eating at the same time (which is to much for them) so I was wondering if this feeding schedule looks good? 1st feeding brine shrimp. 2nd feeding vegetable (mollies barely bother) 3rd...

ok I have a mollie that looks like he is doing the mollie shimmy(shaking his head No), but the thing is he only does it at night when the lights go out and he is sleeping. my nitrites are a little high, but I have been double dosing with PRIME to make them non-toxic, and 50% water changes until toda...

just one question, I am new at this I noticed you put gravel on what I think is a home made UGF, then put sand over the top is that a way you can use a UGF with sand?

oh and it looks beautiful good job

fly larva? the canned kind?

mine eat freeze dried bloodworms, freeze dried brine shrimp, freeze dried baby shrimp, tropical flakes, peas, yellow squash, algae pellets, and loach pellets. but they click(absolutely love)for the bloodworms, and the yellow squash. hope that helps

my 3 loaches are about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in size, I know they require more feeding times I feed mine about 6 times a day in 3 hour intervals. my question is are they to young for a day of no food?

yeah I added some mopani drift how does that work, any good?

one of my babies (1 inch) goes over to the heater whether it is on or not and looks like he is smelling the heater then after a few seconds he jumps back off the heater like he got hit or spooked, but he also does it with tubing, and the undergravel post. is this weird behavior, or is it normal...I ...

Planning on changing my water to a 50% distilled water 50% tap water. For my pH is currently at 7.6, and I need a 6.5 -7 for my clown loaches... so would this be a good way to go about doing the change? For instance say a 25% distilled WC, wait a week then another 25% distilled WC, then on the regul...

thank you for that idea I will give it a shot