Loaches Online Forum

chefkeith wrote:In an aquarium, a hydrometer would be tough to read and might float away. In a test tube or beaker it would work fine though.

Yeah I was thinking it would be hard too. I wonder if any of the salt water folks have tips for using a hydrometer.

Ooooh look what I found....a chart....with instructions:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Methods_Ma ... ne_density

The TDS meters we use in aquaria are really just conductivity meters. They only measure things that are conductive in the water column. Things such as sugars, suspended solids, and sediment, won't register on a TDS meter. Yeah, I figure I need to pick one up. However, why won't a simple hydrometer ...

Keeping track of the nitrate levels can tell you how often to do water changes. You should keep the nitrates under 20ppm if at all possible. For lightly stocked tanks this may well be 25% or so once a week. For more heavily stocked tanks this might be 50% once a week, or several smaller changes eac...

Sorry you lost your fish. Having recently lost my 3 Clowns to Ich I feel your pain.

Dropsy http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hddropsy.htm is what I was thinking but hell it could be anything.

Two year old Zombie thread. It's alive!

Ashleigh, how are the fish doing? Heaters.......... grrrrrrrrr I have just put a new one in my tank and it seems impossible to get it settled down to a particular setting. Leads me to ask, does anyone out there make a decent heater? I don't think in all my years of fishkeeping I've ever bought the ...

I just added one to each of my tanks two days ago, one of which has clown loaches. So far so good. The Bristlenose is really shy and only does his chores at night. The clowns (and yo-yo loaches) snuffle around him from time to time but that is about it. I am amazed at what a good job each one does. ...

andre wrote:Mutated or hibrids they need to be classified anyway. This would also be the best way to avoid them.

Good point.

Is it just me? Do their bodies seem shaped oddly? Like swollen in the belly area, but not like being gravid. Or something.

Franken Fish, or The Submerged Prometheus!

Dye them.
Genetically engineer them.

What next?

i just went to see if they were in stock yet and I see no clowns listed.

I've seen frank's aquarium mentioned by folks on here. http://www.franksaquarium.com is the URL. I am going to try it out as soon as they get yo-yo loaches in stock.

Here is the species index for the loach you are interested in: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/sy ... ymenophysa

Good luck.

It is mentioned in Peter Hiscock's Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Aquarium-Plants-Peter-Hiscock/dp/0764155210/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218168321&sr=1-1 I just love this book. It has a ton of great information. I'll tell him, he works at our shop. :wink: 8)...

My Java Fern is OK. I recently found out Java Fern prefers to grow on wood rather than in the substrate. Is anyone else aware of this? It is mentioned in Peter Hiscock's Encyclopedia of Aquarium Plants http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Aquarium-Plants-Peter-Hiscock/dp/0764155210/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...