Loaches Online Forum

Chefkeith, just checked out your video of your loaches. Very nice set up, my 2 large loaches were 15cm. How do you treat your water before adding to the aquarium. What filters or water pumps do you use to create that nice flow in your tank?

Can i treat rain water with water conditioner? Isn't water conditioner a mixture of minerals and trace elements needed for your new aquarium water to create a buffer? Generaly my town water is pH 8-8.4, no Nitrates, no Ammonia or Nitrites. Hardness is 20-40ppm. i am unsure how to test for fluride an...

thanks diana, yes its just like a bird sitting on a power line, the bird is actualy live at the line voltage, its only when contact is made to ground that the current starts flowing and does damage. i got a shock of the tank because i was touching the water and the light housing whitch is grounded. ...

Well, FULL loach fatality, all clowns, Pakistanis and Khuli's as well as a black ghost knife fish and bala shark. Wardly fungus aid seems to be working on the remaining fish after they were transfered to a seperate tank set up from compleatly external water(healthy aquariums and rain water), no wate...

chefkeith, sorry i haven't got the information for you. i have my daughter today and am a bit strapt for time. will post again soon.

power head had failed RESUN SP-3800. Caution. Tank water was live at 50 volts, i'll give the fish a couple of hours an see how they go now there not getting electricuted. only one clown dead this morning.

Will Keep the water changes up, Another 2 yoyo's dead. all the clowns have gone into hidding. Angles, black ghost knife and pleco's are still fine. Any ideas as to what would do this, type of diseas?

Hello Everyone, PLEASE HELP:( When i got home from a week away my tank seemed normal and healthy, till a see a small dead clown. looked like it had been fighting. checked the water, nitrates a bit high and ph was 6.4, amonia an nitrites were 0. then a dead yoyo, now the loaches are sick, red fins an...

where u from in oz, i'm Sale, Victoria. a great site for all your food and aquarium needs is www.aquariumproducts.com.au, ben is more than helpful if you have a query and everythings cheap, delivery is fast even though they are in queensland. if you are anywhere close by i've got a well established ...

I have one also, i had three yoyo's about 5-6inch mark. added two more 2inch ones 2 months ago one of them is still 2 inches, same size and healthy an the other ones atleast 4inch and fat. i havent had a problem with any of my clowns. sorry i can't help but atleast your not alone

thanks for the advice, the bala is only 3" but now heading for a mates tank. The Tank is only a month old,all filter medium was changed over, no Ammonia, no Nitrites and nitrates kept at 40. 20% water changes every week, clean one filter a week. hardness at 80 - 100 (soft) and pH 6.8. Bit soft for t...

I have just setup a clown dedicated tank, 6X2X2', plenty of current and air, drift wood, fine gravel and plenty of plants, shadows and hiding spots. Problem is a haven't really seen the big guys since i moved em all in. What HAS to go? i have 14 clowns, 4 at 6", 3 at 4", rest 1.5 to 2.5". Tank Mates...