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- Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: My clown disappeared
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12468
Hi Ant, I know it's frustrating, but Chefkeith is right- they are little magicians and they can hide in places you totally wouldn't expect. When one of mine was small, he liked to stuff himself inside a crevice that was inside a hollow decoration. I've had them stay in caves for days on end (at leas...
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:45 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Forum
- Topic: Fine Food Recipes!
- Replies: 74
- Views: 328680
Anchovies really do add wonderful, salty flavor...but it's generally better if I don't know they're in there also. Bristly little buggers unless they're pureed. Ken, I meant to tell you, I recently made your sauerbraten recipe, but with fresh onions, ginger puree (jar variety). Used brisket and made...
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:29 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: New tank - some thoughts!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 37985
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:00 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach food
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6840
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:57 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: a few questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5913
Oilhands- it's tough to tell without a pic, but if they seem to be behaving normally, water parameters are good, and aren't showing obvious signs of illness (such as flashing against gravel or decorations in the tank, or hanging near the surface, gasping breathing, etc), I'd say that all is likely w...
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: TDS?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 30622
For me, frequent water changes and keeping an eye on the nitrates, pH and kH works fine. Generally speaking, if the pH is too alkaline and the nitrates are spiking, there's too much 'stuff' in the water. Best remedy in this case is a 40% water change- there's lots of chemical 'balancers' and additiv...
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: a few questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5913
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:55 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: TDS?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 30622
TDS refers to the quantity of "stuff" dissolved in the water, whether magnesium, calcium, sodium, or anything else. This is important because it controls how fast water moves into the fish. Pure water would pass through the fish's skin very quickly, which water with a lot of other stuff dissolved in...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: a few questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5913
No problem. One of my kids taught me to do it when he was about 12. I'd never have figured it out on my own! Nice looking clowns :D Hard to tell specifics from your pics, but they look fine to me. Clowns tend to vary a little bit in coloration, and your dark one doesn't look ill, he's just dark. I d...
- Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:32 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: a few questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5913
Hey there- all you need to do is go back to your Photobucket acct, open your album, and under each of your pictures you should see 3 options- Direct Link, HTML Code and IMG Code. Just click on 'IMG' and you'll see a brief message that says 'copied'- then you just click again in the Loach Forum where...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:12 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Skunk Loach Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4178
I recently found, and of course, had to purchase two skunks...mostly because they never have anything but clowns in my little berg of a town. I put them in a qtank with lots of hiding places. They never left each other alone. I was amazed that such a small, cute fish could be so ruthless! Unfortunat...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: British LOL meeting 26/06/2008
- Replies: 40
- Views: 24414
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:06 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Thurs June 26th: The next British LOL meeting
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24171
- Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:01 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: For fans of Marge - please help a good cause:
- Replies: 73
- Views: 43230
Seriously, Jonathan, I don't think raising the price to $25 or even a little more would be a problem- it's for a great cause, and folks know that it's a charitable donation. I have one, and it's a really nice quality shirt, too. People pay $40 and up for crappy band t shirts at concerts all the time...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: are these loaches good for snakeheads?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16991