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We've also had good luck with PetSolutions - but I have to admit it's frustrating living within 5 miles of them and not being able to walk in and pick orders up. They say they're not zoned properly for it :?. What a minute..... .....you mean to tell me that you live 5 minutes from PetSolutions and ...

I have these on both my 46 and 55 and the loaches love them! Along with the normal tank lights they are on a timers so that the moon lights come on immediately before and after the normal tank lights. I figure it creates a sunrise > daylight > sun down situation.

FWIW, the information they give is clearly suspect, but unfortunately this is the norm and not the exception. That being said, I have ordered live fish from PetSolutions on a couple of occasions with great results.

That's really too bad. I think it's even worse because I've twice ordered fish from petsolutions.com with great results. This leads me to believe that they are not ignorant of the facts but intentionally lying to consumers to sell fish

i hope your not feeding them COOKED shrimp when you cook the shrimp it looses its natural vitamins and beta carotine always use the raw uncooked kind for the best nutrition plus you never know how they were cooked they could also have additives involved i only say this cuz thats the best easiest fo...

And I don't mean the stuff from the pet store. I bought som pre-cooked frozen shrimp from the fish market for Christmas and decided to try and feed some to the loaches...they love it (I thawed it first of course)! I put some in the clown tank and some in the skunk and yoyo tank and both tanks devour...

If you are looking for good things to feed your loaches and/or fish, you might want to check into this: http://www.corysrus.com/boyds.htm Thats some good stuff right there. I know it says for corydoras, but I feed it to my loaches too. My loaches love Wardley's slow sinking cichlid crumbles. I grab...

Weather loaches are really illegal in MA? I could swear I've seen them in the PJ's Pets behind the Square One Mall in Route 1.

Bizarre Foods: Asia on the Travel Channel?

It was a failrly interesting show with some very interesting foods. More to the point, the visit a spirulina farm.

Dropping a frozen cube of bloodworms (or anything else) is far from natural. Thawing the food out in tank water will allow a much more natural presentation.

You might try what I do. I take a length of 3/8" rigid plastic aquarium tubing cut to allow me to easily reach the bottom of the tank. I stuff defrosted bloodworms into the end and then put a finger over the other end. Did you ever, as a kid, use a drinking straw as a siphon and draw liquid into it...

Thanks for the reply. Do you happen to know of a better way to soften the water?

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Has anybody used the Water Softener Pillow made by Doc Wellfish? If so, should I expect to see any other water parameter changes by adding this into the mix?

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While I do appreciate the concern, I don't think this guy has CWS. It's not that he looks skinny or emaciated, just smaller. Every time I've added multiple fish to a tank like this they grow at different rates. Can loaches other than clowns develop CWS? Has anybody seen this in other fish? I will tr...

Skunks loaches must be in season!!! Have you seen this thread http://www.loachforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=699?

Skunks are fun, but they are pretty nippy and need their space.