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by chris brown
Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:52 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: making a huge tank
Replies: 8
Views: 6633

Re: making a huge tank

yes i am building from scratch and yea will definitely be insulating not sure what 2 use yet would normal pink bats work? behind the fibreglass and plywood or would that tin foil stuff be better? here is a link of the structure from that 1500g tank i would do a similar structure to this http://www.m...
by chris brown
Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: making a huge tank
Replies: 8
Views: 6633

making a huge tank

I am planing on doing a huge tank in down stairs of my house(over next few years) i have plenty of room to play with and was thinking of doing a 3.5m by 3.5m square 1m ish deep. any heating advice would be great was thinking spa pool heaters-motors i will be using plywood on the side and bottom with...
by chris brown
Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:57 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: my tank photos
Replies: 4
Views: 4947

Re: my tank photos

thats intresting was sold to me as yoyos! aw well i still like them. if i was to ges i would of seed around the other way coz ya can see the oy in its patten or yo on the other side of the right one
thanks for clearing that up for me
by chris brown
Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:11 am
Forum: Freshwater Forum
Topic: Red Tail Shark
Replies: 18
Views: 33980

Re:

my red tail shark is about 8cm and my little clowns chase him around the tank as if he was one of them. it is also in my community tank with neons!, angles, discus, pleco,yoyo,danio,and others iv missed and no problems with them i did us to have silver dollars and they didn't get along. I think its ...
by chris brown
Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:27 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: my tank photos
Replies: 4
Views: 4947

Re: my tank photos

that last photo with the 2 loachs are they both yoyo loachs?
by chris brown
Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:12 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: my tank photos
Replies: 4
Views: 4947

my tank photos

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by chris brown
Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:01 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: plants with my clown?
Replies: 8
Views: 9568

Re: plants with my clown?

thanks for the replies iv been looking for the onion plant in nz but cant find it dose it have a different name? i have rubber banded the java fern to the drift wood and the loaches haven't even noticed it yet. Most the other plants are held down by a large rock accept the grass plants which i have ...
by chris brown
Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:09 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: plants with my clown?
Replies: 8
Views: 9568

Re: plants with my clown?

off topic question can i keep 1 rainbow shark 8ish cm with sae? if i can find some
and do flying fox do the same job of cleaning algae as sae or which is better?
in 700l
by chris brown
Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:00 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: plants with my clown?
Replies: 8
Views: 9568

plants with my clown?

I have just brought some plants for my cl tank. do you think they will last they are: $5 handful of java moss X1 $4.50 potted hygrophilaX1 $14.50 each potted java fernX3 $4.50 potted sag. SubulataX3 $6.50 each potted amazon swordX3 and some grass plant things i dono wat they are called X2 the clowns...
by chris brown
Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:49 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: ammonia tester faulty?
Replies: 3
Views: 2806

Re: ammonia tester faulty?

thanks i went to to lfs yesterday and they tested it and it was all ok so went home and took the old tester out put it in a cup of tap water and it didnt move so must be stuffed as for the ph it was done with the same brand of tester as the ammonia (mardel which i now dont trust) so have brought a a...
by chris brown
Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: ammonia tester faulty?
Replies: 3
Views: 2806

ammonia tester faulty?

I have just noticed my tank is getting ammonia after i have just done a 50% water change and cleaned the filters i dont no y and none of the fish are acting odd. I am going to take some water into my lfs to get them to test it today. the tank has been running for about 1 year ish and i havnt had any...
by chris brown
Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: am i overstocked
Replies: 4
Views: 3274

Re: am i overstocked

My angels have just started trying to breed exciting but they wont get very far :cry:
by chris brown
Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:24 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: am i overstocked
Replies: 4
Views: 3274

Re: am i overstocked

Hi thanks for the quick reply I have been keeping an eye on the clowns they havn't got any worse. I have slowly turned the temp up to 31 and will leave it at that for 10 ish days just in case. I havn't noticed it on any other fish just the larger clowns. It looks like a very fine even sprinkel of su...
by chris brown
Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:06 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: am i overstocked
Replies: 4
Views: 3274

am i overstocked

Hi i'm new here i have a 650L (6x2x2)tank with a mixture of fish manly loaches here is a list of what is in there 1X18cm clown loach, 2X15cm clowns, 4X10cm clowns, 10X5cm clowns,3X15cm yoyos (1 with big belly of eggs),2X chain loaches ,2X striata loach, 6X neon's, 8X bristle noise pleco, 3X angels, ...