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- Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:19 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: 75G
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9762
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:43 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Schistura mahnerti acclimation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18189
Mark and Emma are absolutely right. Whether the fish are floated in the bag and gradually introduced to the differing water parameters or drip acclamatised they still need a while to acclamamtise. To just release them more or less straight away will stress them further and cause much more damage tha...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:12 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Schistura mahnerti acclimation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18189
If the fish themselves are in a large volume of water when you get them then I would personally go with drip acclimatization. Put the new fish and their water into a water tight container large enough to hold the bag and twice the volume again and that has some degree of insulation. Using some 4 or ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:50 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: *sigh* my wife...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15787
If you are looking for Cichlid tankmates then it may be worth sourcing some of the less seen Pelvicachromis genus such as P. humilis or P. Taeniatus. The majority of these are found in riverine systems and although the flow is not as great as the Loaches are found in it can be quite considerable. Th...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:43 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Hideouts
- Replies: 29
- Views: 22533
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:27 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Substrate Choice
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16781
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:21 am
- Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
- Topic: Ich is winning the battle in my tank
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13345
I have had few outbreaks of Ich in over 20years of keeping fish. I used to swear by King British WS 3. It always worked well and at half doses and a temp of 27-28°C usually beat it within a week. However after doing a lot of online research into the various methods people use I found that a method w...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:31 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Can anyone suggest other loach to keep with my zebra loach.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11455
If you are keeping social and gregarious fish , fish that in the wild would group together whether it be a tight school like large numbers of Tetras or less compact groups like Barbs and Danios , then you should try and replicate that in your tank (as space and upkeep allow) Most books , magazines ,...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:22 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Hard water
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3838
In my opinion it is definitely not a good idea to keep them in water with a pH that high and in water that hard. Their physiology is designed to handle the occasional variation in pH or hardness but not that extreme. These are fish that have evolved over time to live in certain conditions but to thr...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:11 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Can anyone suggest other loach to keep with my zebra loach.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11455
- Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:21 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Loach Book Uk
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12093
- Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Get Albert in TFH???
- Replies: 250
- Views: 138885
- Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:59 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Id help
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3769
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:28 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Ich, clowns and temperature
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4038
Ich will not only slow down at temps higher than 28 degrees C , but in temps over 30 degrees will actually cease reproducing and higher still result in it's very fast death. If you do raise the temp over 30 degrees then try to aerate the water as much as possible. You can still add the treatment but...