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Hi Emma, yes i have another two loach and they are about 4" now, they started off at 3" and they are growing well its just my little fella isn't. i search the forum and get back to you.

Hi, i've a clown loach for about 8 months now and a brought him/her when ti was about 1" long and he/her hasn't grown or put on anyway weight since i've had it. If anything he/her has gone skinny and smaller, he/her is feed but just not growning or putting on weight. Any help would be greatly welcom...

Thanks, friends. Most of us are in North America, with the majority in the US, I'd wager. But we get posts from all over Europe and some fortunate insights from Asia, the Caribbean, Down Under and far and away. Please continue to show your local pride on this forum - even your state or region is be...

Falshing(Flicking) shows that your water is high in nitrates

I'be just put sand in my 20g for my tiger barbs and pleco and it looks great, but make sure your filter isn't on to strong as i did thsi and it pushed the sand to the back of the tank.

Nice fish Emma. well done, you must be the only one to be able to breed these.

just clean the sand at least 3 or 4 times so that al the small stuff is gone. this will reduce the sandstorm when adding water again. this will clear up again in a few hours or a day. depends on the sand you are using. test the sand on calcium so it won't change your ph on the long term. cleaning i...

must be because they dont see many people then. my tank was in the other room at my old house so i never used to see them that often, but now i have moved and they're in the living room where there's always someone there apart from when i'm at work. they come out at feeding time and at night time bu...

True. I'll start cleaning asap, lol. i'll let you know how i go on with it.

As the title...........yet another question. i have three clown loaches in my 4ft tank and only the small ones swims around in the day. The larger ones also swim about at the odd time but when i go close to the tank they swim off into the cave. but if i stay there long enough they come out, then the...

Thanks for the replies. just brought some today and going to set the tank up as soon as i get some rain water.

how can i clean the sand before putting it in the tank? i know with gravel you have to rinse it to get the dirt out of it but dont know much about sand.

I'll give it a go. Would the sand be ok with internal filters(fluvel 2 + magic 280) as well as external filter as i tinking of putting in my smaller tank with the tiger barbs in?

would sand block my filter?

how would i clean the sand as i use one of them gravel cleaners that i have to push into the greval and it moves it around so the dirt comes out.

hi as the title says i'm bored fo gravel and just wondering on what else i could have on the bottom of the tank. i have 3 clown loach, six tinfoil barbs, two plecos,a pictus, and three other catfish but dont know the names. i'm using a fluvel 305 external filter and would anything clog up the filter...

If you dont mind me asking but whats a HOB???????