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There's one thing more. We have to remember about the water hardness in the situation like that. When water evaporates - that's clear H2O. All salts, which increase the hardness still remain in the tank. We have to remember about that. Of course when we refill evaporated water with 100% RO water tha...

I guess if they had any growth stunting or disease, they would not grow or a lot slower than now? Yep, as I wrote, it can indicate that Your loaches are in a good shape :) 24"lx12"wx16"h That's not good, cause the most important thing is length (and also width) of a tank. The height doesn't have a ...

Hello! :) It's always bad idea to buy loaches as an 'antidote' for snails. But if You are after this decision, and you became 'loachholic' (as I can see :wink: ) that's good - now it's just only Your task to provide them a suitable tank. How long will they be ok like this or can someone push me in t...

Hey Loach Fans, At the beginning i have to announce You something very sad. Mr Bogdan Janiczak passed away at 6.04.2011 :( One time when I was searching for some great info about Botias, which He was giving, i found out that His website isn't working. Then I found this sad information. It was very h...

Thanks Jim!

Jim Powers wrote:leaves of the java fern

I was just thinking about java fern, to add it to my tank

Probably i may have some other questions cause it's my first river tank, but as yet you explained everything i wanted to know.
And of course i'll show the effect on LOL forum

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Hi everyone! I'm going to start a new tank - for hillstream loaches. I was thinking about S.lineolata , but here in Poland it's hard to get them, so i have chosen Gastromyzon ctenocephalus because it is more common and relatively cheap. I want to imitate their natural habitat as good as possible and...

are there no polish speakers here at all? I'm not very good english speaker but i can try to translate text about Botia birdi ;) . Botia birdi : "Birdi or not a birdi? Is it individual species? It's one of the most mysterious loaches from Decan. For the first time it was discovered in Kashmir by Da...

Thanks a lot .

These are my loaches. I think they are Botia rostrata but i'm not sure. What do you think? 3 centimetres one: http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/bef67f62db1ee7dc.html http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/8f5baeaf4123e1dc.html 4 centimetres one: http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/3a847652c258af58.ht...

mickthefish wrote:yup no doubt about it B dario.

mick

Thank you .

Thank you

Hi!

This is my fish: http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/pel ... 543a8.html

Is this a Botia dario?