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the fish should be okay for a few days if you run filters and don't feed doing some water changes

nice score btw

the bigger the better

I'd return the helodes personally.

although a yo-yo can deal with the hell that comes from the helodes personality I wouldn't want to do that to it.

good tank mates for a helodes are eos and modesta... but it is just better to get more helodes

and they get quite large too

ghost knifes get to be very large quite quickly.
clowns get big slowly and need very clean water

I found another thread and someone named emma turner who has almost 9000 posts on this site kept clowns in a 4ft tank until they were 8 inches. I think I'm going to listen to someone with 9000 posts on a purely loaches site and keep my loaches in the 90 longer. so you got the search feature working...

good call

one last question
what "weld-on" did you use for the plexi?

I have been told that weld-on 4 is the best

http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=465

what thickness of plex did you use?
it is only 16" high right?

I am building a plexi tank in the near future so this is of great interest to me.
ply/or liner tanks with one window are the cheap way to go!
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you can always grow algae on rocks etc... in a plastic bucket or whatever in your yard and then add it to your tank. That way you'd have a steady supply and not adding so much heat to the tank. I have also heard that leaving the light on for long periods of time will promote algae growth. I don't kn...

this year I moved ten min away and it was a pain in the a$$!!!!

that said I would move some of my guys across North America

have a tank/s ready or at least some rubbermaids.

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Sinibotia robusta

"An over crowded tank is simply a disaster waiting to happen.'
this needs to be said over and over again!!!

I recently bought a house and had to move about 10 min away with my 4 tanks. I only really enjoy loaches (dario, yoyo, histies, kubs, rostrata, striata, clown, modesta, skunk, eos, sid, rubusta and helodes) and keep few other fish. I have a RTS, a couple of SAE, young Red-Lined Torpedo Barbs (Puntiu...

Sharkscott2 the rts will hate the s.a.e. even the 125 might not be large enough. rts hate any other fish with the same body shape. I have kept a rts with dario, yoyo, histies, kubs, rostrata, striata, clown, modesta, skunk, eos, sid, rubusta and helodes. most botia are fiesty enough to deal with the...

way to go!!!!
I think we would all like to know the stocking levels, size of tank, etc...
pretty please

you dun goofed up!
and if you back traced it you'd know these ain't loaches.