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Thankyou both once again. I've gone for the 25% weekly water change with no salt

Many thanks again, ive been doing the wrong thing for years! I'll now start removing it slowly b 4 adding the sids. do u have any suggestions for removing it? Perhaps more regular water changes without the added salt? im never gonna ask advice of an aquarium store again!

Im planning to get a school of sids to go into a community aquarium. i have always added salt when doing water changes (1 tbs per gal). Is this appropriate for loaches - specifically sids? Thanks Laura

Again many thanks for the info especially re gouramis & the BN. It's infuriating, I went into one of the best Aquaria shops in Adelaide the other day & they told me 1. 3 loaches together would be enough, 2. a Dwarf gourami pair would be an perfect display fish for my tank & 3. that a BN would be ...

Thankyou both for the feedback & apologies for posting twice!
I use an external canister filter with the inpipe positioned to draw water from the base of the aquariun. I perforn a 1/3 water change every 3 - 4 weeks. I have an aerator running for 2 blocks of 6 hours in every 24 hours (I'd post a pic ...

Hi, im new to loaches but have kept planted aquaria for years. i have an established 90L aquariam which is octagonal, 1m tall & 50cm across each way. in it i have x6 platy, x7 danios. I hope to get a pair of dwarf gouramis +/- a bristle nose cat. wondering if this tank is big enough for a group of ...

Hi, im new to loaches but have kept planted aquaria for years. i have an established 90L aquariam which is octagonal, 1m tall & 50cm across each way. in it i have x6 platy, x7 danios. I hope to get a pair of dwarf gouramis +/- a bristle nose cat. wondering if this tank is big enough for a group of ...