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I can't help with R/O but a little with sand. Swimming pool filter sand is what many people use. It can be white or tan colored. I'm trying it in a small tank, not sure I like the white. Other people use play sand for kids from home depot-type stores. It tends to be finer grained so some worry it ma...

I feed romaine, zucchini, cucumber & peas. They like them & it helps keep them from eating my plants. Gives them something to do. I'd say try the aubergine but maybe just before a water change in case it gets mushy & falls apart. That's what happened after a short time when I gave banana. There were...

Check out the yoyos pics a few posts down especially Graeme's shapely? voluptuous? female. WOW.
Nancy

Hi nupsan, sorry your clown is ill. Did you do a water change after the levamisole treatment? Are you still treating for ich (at half dose for loaches?)? 2 weeks is good otherwise it can come back. My clowns & barbs ate less after a second dose of levamisole, I did 3 treatments @ 40mg/gal, 48 hours ...

I had done 3 doses every other day & the fish didn't lose their appetite until after the second dose. The after the 3 treatments I did a final water change & it took another day or 2 for them to get back to normal. You had asked if anyone noticed that effect & my answer was yes. Did you just do 1 do...

pedzola, when I did levamisole treatment (40mg/gal) the fishes' appetite was effcted after 2-3 days although tiger barbs not as much as loaches. All happy & hungry 2 days after last water change. (This was after prazi/metro/? tx for some gill parasite thing. Now barb with gill thing showing neurolog...

CK, I gave 1/2 a pea at dinner & it's gone now, or at least I couldn't find it. I remember that I had tried them in the past a couple times but no evidence they tried it. Hard to find after the pea lost color too. The striatas ate more pea than usual too. Water changes seem to make them extra hungry...

You do have a small quarantine tank to use for new &/or sick fish right? If not that should be a priority so you can keep an eye on them for a couple weeks. Just a 10 gal (or even 5) garage sale tank & heater with a piece of pvc pipe or fitting will do(keep the water level low if no cover). I'd thin...

Very cute whatever they turn into. I don't see the bands on these latest pics. I think we should know the details of your Ehiem filter, Emma. Maybe it's the key to loach egg survival .
Nancy

You might want to try using a resin like Chemi-pure to help remove some of any contaminants in your water. At least until you can figure out what's irritating your fish. Of course you'd have to take it out if you medicate with anything.
Nancy

Hi CK, I have 1 very fat sid too. It's the longest too. The only veggies they touch are cucumber & zucchini but I don't remember trying them on peas. Are these the same sids you thought might have a bacterial infection? How did they do? I gave mine 1 treatment of levamisole a few weeks ago just in c...

How big & what kind is your pleco? Most will out grow a 55 pretty fast. Other than him it sounds good. Maybe some sids, striatas or corydoras too? Love them bottom feeders.
Nancy

Why do you only have 1 yoyo? He needs friends or to be returned. You should work on keeping the fish you have happy before getting a new species. As Graeme & Emma said, 5 are needed for a group, with 3 being the bare minimum. You won't get to experience their real behavior & their long term health w...

How many of each do you have already? It's not clear if you have 2 yoyos or 2 aggressive ones of a larger group. I agree with Graeme, you should have a group of each species. I'd think a group of kubotai would work with either. I'm setting up a 75g for striatas & sidthimunkis, 6 of each. I've hardly...

TammyLiz, I'm sorry for your loss. Not to be bossy but in your expectant condition you should be extra careful with diseased fish & drugs. I'm pretty sure I've read some of the dyes like malachite green &/or methylene blue & some antibiotics are not good for fetus health. I don't know about wormers....