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By now the population is completed in augustus I got 40 Brachydanio albolineatus, which provided offspring, I think I now have 50 in November I got 15 Barbus everetti and 4 Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus today I got 32 Barbus pentazona 14 Chromobotia macracantha @ 5 cm, on average Currently, the everett...

As a clown loach can reach 35 cm - and will reach over 20 - I would consider even a 400 liter tank far too tiny. On planet catfish, a rule of thumb is used of 4 L * 2 L * 2L tanks - that is L being the maximum length of the fish. Tat would imply for clown loaches a 140 * 70 * 70 cm tank, or 700 lite...

Can I keep cardinal tetra's with sids or are sids too active for them? Will cardinals cope with moderate flow? What other colorful schooling fish do you recommend? What other tank mates should I consider? Personally, I'm thinking of transforming a tank into a sidheymunckey tank, so I'm quite intere...

Internal filters - Usually cheap simple and fairly robust. Pick up allot and allow for a cut down in gravel cleaning but depends on feed / fish. Foam air driven filters - Good for fry tanks and as a backup but little else. I think it has been some 7 years since I got my first internal filters. Foam...

I think they will outlive me :( It was some 8 years back, I was 40, when I was staning in an Uruguay river, with a tiny Hypostomus in my hands - I think these fish can live for 40 years - when I wondered who would outlive who. In this case, the fish was taken with me, seized by the Argentinian cust...

It took a while, and the plans have changed quite a bit, but finally they are starting to come true First change, I'm using another tank, Not the 4 meter/13 feet tank, but a 290 cm/ almost 10 feet tank in my kitchen This tank has 1 internal filter, same size als in the big tank Second change - As I ...

Manufacturers always tell what the pump does without any work involved. That is, one could even consider it a theoreticla figure, one can never reach. Hoses slow the water, bends even more. A canister does the same and believe me, a dirty canistar can, for all practical purposes, be water tight. The...

@ Diana You are completely right pointing out I gave an average value In a clean pipe, whithout any corners, I understand the water at the walls is almost standing still, and the further one goes to the middle, the fastger the waterflow. In the middle, the flow is much higher than the calculated ave...

I've glued all my PVC piping with normal PVC glue - without any ill effect. PVC glue consists of a solvent, solving the PVC on both sides, and then it evaporates, leaving only the PVC. But even if I'm wrong, there are still 15 tanks with glued PVC inside or outside the tank (water change system) whi...

I never added anything to the water what is intended to improuve the plantgrowth. Phosphorus? Nope Nitrate ? Nope Iron? Nope I keep fish, feed the fish and the fish will excrete the feed - resulting in sufficient fertelizer in my eyes. @ organic, inorganic compounds for most minerals you are right. ...

I know ferts are just inorganic fertilisers and not the same as tank produced nitrates Nitrate is nitrate. NO3-. Obviously, there must also be a positive ion, but as all nitrates dissolve in water, the ions do not influence each other when in water, and therefore, for us, the positive ion does not ...

So, how can do you fulfill the protein requirement of fish while not contributing to the nitrate issue? You can't Protein gets digested. A part is used to grow, the rest will become ammonia - which is precessed by bacteria into nitrate. Plants take up nitrogen to grow, but normally one would requir...

I'm a bit surprized about the amazement of this solution. All my tanks have painted back windows and side windows. This is much easier then covering the whole back with some cnstruction which replaces lost of water

Because the more shelter fish have, the less scared they are.

Lately, i been day dreaming about rays and really becoming interested in them. I was wondering if you think clowns -along with other tropical fishes - of a large enough size not to be eaten - could handle FW rays if the tank was around 500 - 600g?? Or would it end in disaster - and if so, who would...

However, you are presenting Ph as the only important measurement. For example chocolate gouramis which come from Sumatra and Borneo require very low ph of 4-5.5 but require Gh>8 and that combination is very hard to achieve in a fish tank. Can we presume clown loaches require the same? Here is the s...