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fish don't flash over and over again for kicks.
what is your water quality like etc...
putting any new fish in a tank with out doing the Qthing for at least 3 weeks is just asking 4 trouble.

stick with the java fern you don't want java moss (well your filter intakes don't want it!) I had gotten rid of java moss about two years ago and what did I just find recently...a little strand of java moss. In a 55 gallon with 4 mature SAE who are know to eat it. One java moss is introduced it is v...

green with envy!

what size r the clowns?

really sweet!

I have had tanks without snails set up for years without this happening. The sand is deep (+2") but with a good cross flow all the crap goes into the intake.
I also do a weekly %50 W.C.

the little loaches probably have an easier time swimming after the larger loach breaks the flow of water with it's larger body.
Kinda like drafting another car or transport.

BotiaMaximus wrote:

newshound wrote: use a qtank or else get a surprise.

Don't jinx me!

haha
if only my powers were that great
sadly what I think and write seem to have no effect on what ppl do.

use a qtank or else get a surprise.

dario can be really nippy.
I don't have a pack like emma did but my mature dario was king/mean dude of the tank until I put larger clowns in.
the rest of the dario are too small.

I have darios at three stages of maturity. the young are very up front. not so much when mature. I'd say this is regular behaviour with botia in general. Emma wrote: Mick, remind us how many B. dario you are keeping together. As some of you may remember, I had 13 B. dario adults in with my clowns se...

if you do a quick search much can be found on this subject
they get along swell
although emma had problems with a pack of dario with clowns...if I recall.

wow seriously 9"-11" clowns 4sale?!?!

at one point I had a lone 4" TL dario and he was the king of the tank until I put large clowns in. He just can't push other fellers around

what age/size is the dario?

it is almost like the poster is a troll