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Thanks for the reply, was curious about the oxygen transfer thing. I asked a local fish store owner today, he had a similar take, all of his tanks are undergravel. I understand the gravel itself is a good place for the bacteria to grow too, it's an interesting thought if the 'oxygenated' bacteria ar...

Hi y'all, short background, then a Q. I've been a member a few years, mostly lurk. I've had my clownmob of clown loaches for about 5 years now. Aside from the very unfortunate/strange death of my Big Boy, the other 4 have been doing great, although it took awhile to figure out who was the new sherif...

hi there loachi-wan kenobis. just to update my scenario, and for any future reference, my clowns and other loaches did fine on the weekend fast. it actually turned into 4 days as we ran over a bit. i was a bit worried but all fish present and accounted for. I did a decent sized vacuum/water change a...

thanks for the replies, I was kinda thinking they would be ok but that makes me feel better about no feeding. im in the south so temperature not a big problem but no I am not set up properly for a power out. but the bill is paid up, will keep fingers crossed on a storm or some kind of outtage. thank...

hi there everyone, haven't posted in a while but ya'll were a great help when starting my loach tank few years ago. the set-ups: 75g clown loach tank with 5 clowns, size from 4"-6", and a 55g striata/yo-yo/kubotai tank, 3 striata, 2 yo-yo, 5 kubotai and a school of bosemani rainbow fish up top. my q...

guilty of paying the $20 for kubotai's at petsmart. dont ever see them around local shops, and I looked online and best I found was $13, so I did buy from from the 'smart. showed these pics in another thread, but why not :) here are couple shots of my 2" in my QT tank, 55g almost ready for em: http:...

hi loachlovers :) the kubotai's seem to be in season. I saw the "kubotai at petsmart" thread going, and have been seeing them mentioned around forums lately also. petsmart near me had them in as well, and I couldn't resist and picked up a crew of 5. $19 each :shock: not the best deal in the world I ...

I will add that the alpha of my clown gang of 5 does like to hide in his house alone moreso than any of the others. the 2nd and 3rd in command are next biggest size, and they and the rest of the group are much more active and play together, while alpha does indeed hang out much more often alone. the...

thanks guys and gals for the nice comments, the mob is appreciative too. :P the bamboo is something new I'm trying out, its not in permanent place just yet. more of an experiment see how they like it, I hope no " trap pole " flashbacks for em :shock: but they seem to like checking it out and napping...

great pics mamaschild

like Emma said, I never tire of seeing pics of big Albert and the gang, thanks for sharing those. something for us little 4-5" clown owners to aspire to.

giddy up.

hi loachlovers :D my clowns were real active past couple days, so I got out the cam and took some pics. have a look if you'd like, some of my clown gang of 5. they range in size from 3.5" to 4.5" first 2 pics are 2nd and 3rd in command, about 4" http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/KaCopics/clownl...

glad they seem to be better poeticpyro :) hope things continue to improve. had one thought on your filtration. you said you use carbon in your filters? If so I'd suggest not using the carbon at all day-to-day. its not needed for healthy filtration, and the space in your filters where the carbon was ...

congrats on the kubotais Xirxes, they are great looking little loaches. :) your thread caught my eye because LFS just got batch of them, said they don't get them very often, and I'm gonna get 3 or 5 myself. they just called out to me, "take me home", so I'm doing a little re-arranging and then going...

thanks alot, excellent info as always.

and excellent pics to illustrate as well, what else could ya ask for? loach pics look great Emma, thanks again.



giddy up.

helodes does look like a possibility, its a juvy loach too so I'm wondering if the chest/belly spots will show up later if it is helodes?

found this page in the species index:
http://www.loaches.com/species_pages/tiger_botias.html
looks like helodes or hymenophysa maybe?