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Yes, the legal size for exportation in Indonesia (Bornea/Sumutra) is under 4 inches/ 10cm. This ban doesn't apply to Bangkok, Thailand though. It doesn't apply to the exporters in Singapore or Hong Kong either. Here's a link to another clown loach exporter in Singapore- http://www.gardenfishfarm.com...

After thinking about it for alittle while I think I'm going to open up a water-bridge or 2 so that some of the clowns will swim back over to the 85g tank. I hope this works, as it beats trying to catch them.

I did another big water change, then waited an hour, and now I just took about 100 pictures. I don't see any new spots, but it's hard to tell because I can't get a good view from the top. Here's a side by side comparison pic of the same clown loach from Today and from Aug 20 (before quarantine). You...

Hi all, here's a little update- All the black freckles that were on my clown loaches went away after about 2 weeks in quarantine*. I still have them in quarantine though. Earlier this week though I did about a 50% water change in that tank, then the next day I noticed that a few tiny black spots wer...

I suggest you look at aquabid.com- http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishl The Fishery of Lousiville imports some excellent 4" clowns and will occasionally get some 6" clowns thrown in. http://africancichlidsforsale.com/ http://www.africancichlidsforsale.com/clown/wild.html I g...

Here's a link to some more pics of that 1600g tank

http://www.turbomkt.com/carl/1600/index.html

Same here Emma, not all my clowns have the black freckles. Maybe because those clowns have an unblemished slime coat or they are in a different tank when I do water changes.

How does this sound-

Slime Coat Blemish + High Water Turnover = Black Freckle?

Emma does daily water changes, Midman was doing big water changes, and I've been doing very large water changes as well. High Water Turnover Rate causing the black freckles sounds very plausable to me. Here's another pic of my clowns http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/chefkeith/black%20spot/black...

Here's an interesting article that I just read- http://www.koicarp.net/koi_medication/pop-ups2/black_spots.htm "Black Spots" "Normally more noticable on a Kohaku that was otherwise unblemished - Some little black spots appear these are called Shimi, but should not be confused with that particular ko...

Here's another old pic from last year of the freckles when they were at their worst-

I think that is daphnia (a water flea).

Nevermind, it is planaria.
here is a pic of that

http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/111/planaria.jpg

Sigh.

I'm not sure what this is. I think it might be a flatworm or something? Here's some of the pics I took. This was crawling on the glass in my snail tank. It's about 4mm or 3/16" long. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/chefkeith/TheParasite2.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/chefkeith/TheP...

That is the Best Loach Shop and that sticky is Best Thread Ever too. Thanks for sharing. All the great pics made it seem like I was on vacation too.

What is a water change like with your 400 bridged tank setup? I usually do atleast 25% weekly water changes. During the winter, my 40g hot water heater starts pumping out cold water if I try doing a larger water change. One of these days I'll start using aged water, but that time hasn't come yet.