Loaches Online Forum

At this point, I doubt that RIFF-RAFF or KittyKat will even open this thread again, but I type this in hopes that they do. I apologize for the manner in which I responded to your responses. I am new to on-line forums. This is not an excuse, just an explanation as to why I misinterpreted the connotat...

So, I'll sound rude - KittyKat, your responses weren't helpful at all. 1. I wasn't afraid to ask for the filter goop or gravel out of fear of looking funny. I'm not a shallow person. Rather, because of how important my fish actually are to me, I was fearful of introducing a bacterial infection to th...

I was able to purchase SeaChem Prime when I bought the Dr. Tim's One and Only Live Nitrifying Bacteria. I was afraid to ask for any of their filter goop or gravel. Their tanks seem extremely clean and healthy (It's truly an amazing place.), but I was afraid of introducing a bacterial infection to my...

Starsplitter7, Thank you so much for your response. I never gave thought that I was overcleaning my tank and caused the break in the nitrogen cycle as a result. My poor fish. I've been doing daily partial (25%) water changes as per the advisement of RIFF-RAFF without vacuuming the gravel (fear of lo...

Thanks for your reply. I don't mean to come off sounding mean, but I don't think you read my post carefully. As I mentioned, my tank was completely cycled prior to my adding any fish. I did a fishless ammonia cycle that took a little over a month to complete. (I used Dr. Tim's Aquatics One and Only ...

I found a website that explained the white worms to be planaria. I read that planaria tend to be present in aqauariums with too much food left over on/in the gravel. I also know that too much waste creates ammonia. This seems to be the cycle, except I don't see any left over food particles on/in the...

I really enjoyed the way you wrote this introduction to your five, new dojos. I'm sure they're truly happy to have been found by you. Congratulations!

Please help me. This is my first aquarium, and I'm having problems. I have a 20 gallon tall tank and use a Marineland Penguin 150 power filter with biowheel. I have a rolling moss ball, 2 hillstream butterfly loaches (Beaufortia kweichowensis), and 5 pearl danios. I do a 25% water change each week (...

Thanks for all of the input. It is greatly appreciated. The Maracyn and Maracyn 2 treatment (5 days) was completed on Monday. I did a partial water change (25%) on Tuesday because the water took on a brown tinge - I'm assuming from the medication - and because the nitrate level increased a bit (appe...

I'm sorry about that; I meant to type bacterial infection and not parasite. I will follow your advice and continue the antibiotics for the full course of treatment.

Thanks, again.

Jessie

Thank you for the response. The danios were added at the same time as the loaches. They were in a different tank than the loaches at the store (an extremely reputable one), but both tanks looked healthy. They had some sort of shrimp in with the loaches, and I can't remember what other species they h...

I'm at a loss. Within the past week I've lost two of my loaches. I can't find a match to any type of disease, health ailment, bacterial infection, etc. I'm fearful that I'm going to lose my other two loaches to this same thing. Type of fish: hillstream butterfly loach (Beaufortia kweichowensis) *Had...