Loaches Online Forum

allialli wrote:That is sad and not right at all

Why???

Fine sand. Approx 0,4-0,8 mm

Well, is that really a bad thing in itself ? I`ll probably become unpopular now since this is a loach forum :oops: But, I mean, we humans have harvested from the sea,freshwater,forests etc for hundreds...thousands... of years. I guess since I come from a traditional fishing country (Norway) I`m just...

Thanks Mick! I`ve watched the tank closely today. It seems that the Kubs aren`t hiding as much as the other Loaches. They seem to be swimming around happily and investigating theyre new home. One of them got into quite a fight with one of the Striatas. (Nothing serious). They are beautiful fish. Mar...

Thanks Emma and Graeme
And I have all of my easter holliday, just to sit and watch and enjoy them!!!

Thanks Graeme!! I just released them into the tank. I turned the lights of before they went in. It`s really fascinating to see how they behave. They shoal together beautifully. (Because of the stress i imagine). I find that the theory of "safety in numbers" is proven at it`s best when fish are newly...

I have been looking for Kubs for quite some time. The LFS has had quite a few for some time. But they have been skinny and tiny, so I have obstained from buying. I walked in today and suddenly I saw a group of Kubs that were much larger and well fed. So I purchased 5. They are about 7 cm. Im posting...

Hi! Looking at the pics I`d say youre sick clown most definetely has some form of skinny disease. My experience is that the best course of action is anti-bacterial treatment with Maracyn 1 + 2 and an antiparasite drug like Levamisole or FLubendazole. I have yet to fail treating skinny with these med...

Hi! Welcome to LOL :) I`m not an expert, but I advise you to give some more info on the tank. Was the bio-filter fully cycled and intact when you started the tank? 2 1/2 weeks sounds pretty much like the time when nitrite levels will reach a peak in an uncycled filter. Clowns are really volunerable ...

Hi Diana! Thanks for the tip :D I`m not so worried about the filter bacteria either. The 3 times I have used Maracyn in the q-tank I have had no problems. But if something should happen I have plenty of cycled filter media to add. But I will monitor the parameteres closely. I think I`ll start with L...

Instead of starting a new thread I`ll continue on this one, as my question is related to the topic. I moved the cured fish to the main tank, and they are doing fine :D I isolated the sick clown and started treatment. Some days later I saw that another clown started to develop symptoms, and a little ...

Hi Diana! It`s kind of difficult to separate the garlic from the butter in this product. Because it`s... how shall I put this?... garlicbutter...AKA: all-in-one. I don`t dare to feed my clowns snails from the garden. We have a major snail-problem in our country, and snail-poison is more common, than...

i doubt they would even think about expeling gravel through the gills,mick Ha-ha... yeah, that would be pretty stupid :lol: I often thought that the recommendation re. sand in loach-aquariums was due to prevent damage to the barbels if they were kept on sharp gravel. Not so much that this was theyr...

Thanks Tanya!
When you say "canned snails". What kind do you buy? Over here in Norway, the only "canned" snails are Escargot soaked in Garlic-butter. I guess that`s not the same as you referr to

Thanks Mick!
But is it a natural behaviour, or is it simply a consequence of the substrate we put them in, in our tanks?