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It deponds on the wood. If the wood smells, or comes from a Conifera tree - I would not use it But there is nothing, what soewver against the use of for instance oak. Still, the wood decayes after a while, and I would recommend wood eating fish, such as Plecoltia in any tank with fresh wood. The thi...

Let's start with pointing out your other fish don't care what substrate is used. Pangio like to sift in the rotten leaves on the bottom of their habitat. The best way to mimic that is using peat. Were you to add some peat to the tank, say 2 liters (half a gallon) which was boiled shortly to get it s...

Still, if you write Botia sidthimunki everybody will either know waht you write about, or be able to retrieve it.

Common names are, quite often, not that easy to retrieve.

Here comes the thing with so called common names, which are all but common.

I thought yoyo = Misgurnis. Apparently, it is not.

Please, use Latin names, in other countries, in some cases even other parts of one´s countrie `common names` can bew different.

It´s a Botia. I think Botia lohagatha, but you could look through the pictures on this site.

If I´m correct, a yoyo is a Misgurnus - a way other fish. Almost all rules about how to take care of them are different. Again, this site has all the info.

What Nancy wrote is true, but there is more. life is Chemistry, and Chemistry goes faster when the temperature is higher. In fact, life goes twice as fast for each 3 C, which is around 5 F. So, while I still have no clue what species Panda Garra is, and I most certainaly don´t have any experience wi...

That would be Pterogoblichthys gibbyceps. No hard to find where gibby comes from.

When I got my gibbies, in 2003, they meassured around 6 cm. After a year it was 17 cm, and by that time they lost their shyness.

Now they are half a meter. That´s 20 inches. They do grow large, but are also beautifull

Assuming your nitrate levels are both accurate en remain as they are, don't be afraid of nitrate poisoning.

This would only happen above 50 mg/l

I know tha advantages of having a little company myself

I can imagine on an Island prices can be quite different - what's produced locally, even though much more expensive elsewhere, can be the best solution.

6 inches = 15 cm

Chances I know what you are after are slim. But I have not a clue what your Pakistans are. Fishes have names, and as this is an international forum, please be so kind as to use the International name. That is, the Latin one.

Then everybdoy will understand your question, and be able to help you.

In my eyes the big advantage is that no water will leave the tank. hoses can become unstuck, after all. An internal filter can be placed along one of the side walls, or along the back. What's best? That depends. It might sound odd, but fish also need some privacy, and that translates into a tank nee...

Why an anclosure? I would assume you are dealing with 1 Betta - just give it the whole tank

I have them with Crypocoryne, Sagittaria, Hygrophylum, Echionodorus

I never do anything special for the plants, but the soil is not just sand,