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by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 10:29 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: different patterns in almorhae
Replies: 21
Views: 17432

i will take a photo of the bracing around the top of my main tank for you - it had better not go anywhere
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: different patterns in almorhae
Replies: 21
Views: 17432

yes, they are the BBQ loaches. i havent got round to taking recent ones of the others yet the males inherited my dwarf cory tank as a q tank, the females are in my normal q tank. they are both in rimless tanks, but one of them has a plastic bit tacked on to hold the lid in place. why were you wonder...
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: what to treat a sore spot on a loach with?
Replies: 3
Views: 3674

what to treat a sore spot on a loach with?

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m129/helennightingale/femaleyoyosnout.jpg sorry for the crappy picture - you can sort of see a white place on one of my new girl's snout. its very slightly pink at the edge in places. other than that, they are in pretty good condition considering the old owners di...
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 7:38 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: different patterns in almorhae
Replies: 21
Views: 17432

i tested out the camera on my mobile on a couple of my new ones: http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m129/helennightingale/femaleyoyo.jpg the boldest female http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m129/helennightingale/maleyoyo.jpg the boldest male. he wil be a right tart, and will give one of my other ma...
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 2:18 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Travancoria jonesi
Replies: 8
Views: 6734

they are very beautifull fish
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 2:12 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: different patterns in almorhae
Replies: 21
Views: 17432

you have some beauties there Mick.

one of my new ones also looks like he went through the stamper sideways - i will have to get the camera out again.
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Clowns eat shrimp???
Replies: 18
Views: 18253

i have an emerald eye rasbora in with my loaches - yoyos, striata and rostrata, and have had no problems. the largest loaches are about 6" and the rasbora is only about 1". i have always kept my loaches with harlequin rasboras too with no problems rasboras seem to be much quicker moving fish than th...
by helen nightingale
Thu May 28, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: Very fat shubunkin! Advice please!
Replies: 13
Views: 16740

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu304/sophiejaynne/Percy006.jpg on photobucket, where it says "share image", if you copy and paste the IMG code, the one at the bottom, you can see the pictures in the thread like this. sorry i dont know much about goldfish. they do seem to come in all sorts of st...
by helen nightingale
Wed May 27, 2009 6:57 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Clowns eat shrimp???
Replies: 18
Views: 18253

wow, thats one tough shrimp (loaches are never defective, they have character).

the way my rasboras like to eat prawn, i wouldnt trust them with shrimps inte tank - they would be licking their lips all the time :roll:
by helen nightingale
Tue May 26, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Pics - Botia Kubotai
Replies: 16
Views: 13641

good luck at the BBQ :D but even if you are not kucky, have a good time. i have been waiting several years for my luck to come around, but it can be very well worth you persuading people guppies are the way to go :lol:
by helen nightingale
Mon May 25, 2009 6:07 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Pics - Botia Kubotai
Replies: 16
Views: 13641

a nice find :D they are all beautifull fish
by helen nightingale
Mon May 25, 2009 5:59 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: "Sewellia lineolata fry special"
Replies: 10
Views: 7087

amazing :D
by helen nightingale
Sun May 24, 2009 9:40 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Some new yoyos
Replies: 13
Views: 10187

the previous owners wanted to empty the fish tank out so they can have guppies. they also have some synodontis that they really dont like, and some tetras they are just fed up with. i suppose everyone has different tastes. Jim you are right, they must have been well fed. and they had a nice long tan...
by helen nightingale
Sun May 24, 2009 7:33 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Some new yoyos
Replies: 13
Views: 10187

Some new yoyos

last night i went to a BBQ, and spotted a fish tank with some loaches in, and discovered the owner cant stand them and wanted to get rid of them. So they are now in my Q tanks :D :D :D they were very feisty to catch, and the previous owners were quite alarmed when they discovered the spines. they we...
by helen nightingale
Sat May 23, 2009 4:44 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Splendida blog
Replies: 22
Views: 19645

beautifull