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Very nice

Is that purple cabomba underneath?

Damn! And I have my brine shrimp hatchery all up and running so we'd get that lovely red line...

Life is just not fair...

Here's a thread on skinny with lots of good info: http://aquaweb.pair.com/forums/archives/loach6/index.cgi?read=79841 To treat it you could look for something to treat parasites, and an additional antibiotic treatment to use at the same time. Or you could order it online... http://petsupplies4less.c...

You mean the idea of dojo's as tankmates for your rostrata's? Yeah, I'd go with yo yos...or sids, or striatas, other botia species.

a glass or two, not too dry
gives me headaches.

I was wondering what you were drinking...
getting late on your side of the pond, eh?

Weather loaches are very tough fish. There have been accounts on this forum about people finding them in their rug, covered in slime and fuzz, still alive. Returned them to the tank and they survived just as though it hadn't happened...

Remember that the behavior of a single fish does not necessarily indicate the behavior or preferences of all. While your one loach seems to enjoy the rapids apparently the other 2 don't care for it as much...

FWIE--Just make sure there are no pesticides or chemicals they could have ingested before you feed them to fish.

I have to say I thought in a couple of pics that I saw short barbels...but as Jim says, you are seeing live and in person...

sorry mousey, salt is not good for hillstreams. They also need higher current than your livebearers will enjoy, and cooler temps. And high oxygen content in their water... as for the pH being that high, I don't know if they do well at that level. maybe someone else could address that. And, no, there...

Clicking your links to the archives I get a 'Not Found on this server' message. What search did you do, maybe those interested can find the threads through the archive search screen.

If they are ok in your 10 (and it sounds like they will be) I'd wait at least a week to see if anything seems to show up. Ich being the most likely candidate, I'd think. Sometimes clowns will come in with internal parasites also. Watch their appetites, activity levels, general behaviors for a bit, a...

Ime, while yo yos are curious little buggers, they rarely cause any damage to either tankmates or plants.

Dang submit button! Timed out on me the first time. Posted again, now there's two...