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- Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:28 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Panorama picture
- Replies: 15
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Panorama picture
Hi *@*, I did some re-decorating in my loach community tank .. good enough reason to post a new picture. ;-) I threw out the bamboo tubes .. pretty but they were rotting too much for my liking. These 40mm PVC tubes are definitely not pretty but more healthy I guess (tried to hide them a little). Add...
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:45 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Cave cleaning
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4178
I almost never vacuum my gravel, either. Perhaps once every few years. And when I do, not much dirt is coming out. With 10x per hour water agitation not much gunk has the chance to lie around anyway. :) I have ~6cm gravel in my tank, grain-size 2-3mm. From what I've read, it may be even counterprodu...
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:11 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: kubotai or strionica?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12705
Bully, just give him some time. :twisted: In my tank the striatas are the kings, no doubt about that. Even the smallest striata doesn't hesitate to aggressively nibble away at a clown loach 3 times the mass. Don't get me wrong, it's not so bad that I should intervene .. but it's quite clear who's th...
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:25 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: kubotai or strionica?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12705
Marcos, I would rank my 5 kubotais as slightly more aggressive than clowns but definitely less "playful" than botia striata (which can be really mean IMHO). I really can't see how they would kill other kubotais, let alone a SAE. All SAE I ever had definitely knew how to defend themselves .. plus the...
- Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:58 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Hydor Koralia/Tunze Nanostream vs. "classic" pumps
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2771
Hydor Koralia/Tunze Nanostream vs. "classic" pumps
Hi *@*. I decided I need :twisted: more flow :twisted: for my 300 L (79 gallons) 120x50x50cm loach community tank. Right now I have 2 "classic" powerheads doing 570 and 1000 L/h respectively in a nice "U-shaped" stream (when viewed from above). So I looked at powerful yet economic powerheads of the ...
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:33 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Picture theft (again)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30634
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:53 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: worried about yo-yo loach
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2707
Welcome viranh :) Unfortunately your loach problem is probably caused by multiple reasons (small tank, only one loach instead of 5+, water too cold, "wrong" dither fish). Please have a look at these wonderful articles which can really help you to keep those wonderful fish successfully: http://www.lo...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:47 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Yoyo swimming end to end
- Replies: 7
- Views: 27868
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach population in my new tank.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7908
What about, instead of the rainbow-fish, another cichlid, like severum? It's even calmer then the Blue Dempsey, and its gold version is beautyful. I wouldn't add too many different fish, at least not right from the start. 2x 10 loaches a shark and a Jack Dempsey means plenty of character in the tan...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:59 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach population in my new tank.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7908
Now, instead of the tetras [ dempsey food :lol: ] what would u sugest ? thnks :wink: Rainbowfish are often recommended as addition in loach tanks. I don't know about Jack Dempsies though .. except that adding a cichlid with a high aggression level can go really wrong .. or it can work perfectly. Ha...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach population in my new tank.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7908
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:36 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach population in my new tank.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7908
my question is the following. Is this population proper for my tank? Unfortunately you shouldn't add the dojo loaches to the rest of the fish you chose .. they are true cold water fish and will not be happy at the temperatures the tropical fish need. More kubotais and yoyos would be good, though! A...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:50 pm
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Follow-up question for clown in qt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21117
I'll add my story as an encouragement, albeit a weak one. ;-) About 2 months ago I bought 5 botia kubotai. All looked very healthy, active, and generally FAT. Size was about 7cm each. I put all 5 directly into the main tank and all but one of the kubotais were perfect within a few minutes. In fact 4...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:15 am
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Clown Issue
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11530
The spots on connor's fish are baffling. Been there for a month? Are there any behavioral signs of a problem? The alpha was more passive and hiding for about a week and its fins were affected by fungus. I managed to catch her easily last week (all hail bamboo tubes!) and bathed her in a bucket medi...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:43 pm
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Vitamin deficiency
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14107
Just as a reminder: While vitamins are lovely stuff - please keep in mind that adding too much of them might also cause problems (-> Hypervitaminosis) .. especially since fish are quite small they probably need much more minute amounts than us humans, which most of the vitamin pills are made for. -C...