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wow, that is an awesome tank, vance!

the videos of the fish swimming against the current makes em look real happy. my cories swim up and down the tank over and over and over. they seem very happy as well!

so far the loaches are loving it. i left it on during the day with the room dimly lit. they have been playing all day. seem to be more active than normal. here is a video of one of the loaches cleaning off his rock!

wow those fish look really happy!

i just tried cauliflower and they seemed to like it at first but gave up on it after about 10 minutes. i got watermelon, cauliflower, bananas, salad shrimp today at the store. im going to sparingly try the melons but try each food out to see which one is better. the salad shrimp are 5$. you can' bet...

one thing about this head standing. it seems that they would only do it sometimes and for a minute. no longer. i am not sure, but all of the tiger barb i have ever had did this. i thought they were playing. i used to have a few albino tiger barbs that would do flips over and over in the waterfall. i...

i got 8 cherry barbs in pairs to replace the tigers. i don't recall the loaches ever eating the cherry barbs even the babies.

lol, awesome!

i saw someone had gourami i believe they are called. how do these do with loaches? shari, i took the barbs back to the store.

ph and nh3/nh4 tests results for two tanks


loach tank

nh4/nh3 test= .6

ph=7.0


30 gal tetra tank

nh4/nh3 test=0

ph=7.0

I didn't realize it was so small but I am going to order another one. I think it was about 13.50 compared to the 80$ at the store.

yeah i love loaches but you would never guess what else i love. mixed martial arts, nhb, sport fighting. i am going to ultimate fighting championship tonight! its a big difference when it comes to loaches. i think if you like animals in general you will love loaches no matter what you are into. they...

FYI... clowns need a bigger tank...if you plan to keep them full-term. yes i mentioned that above. im still deciding. i don't have room at this point but right now it is in my head. only problem is i have spent so much on tanks im not sure if a bigger one will fit my budget or my apartment. its cra...

i love the cherry barbs the most but most of the ones the lfs had were very small. i want em at least an inch long if i get em. the cherry barbs play alot in groups. that is why i like them so much. i had some albino tiger barbs that would do flips in the waterfall, they were some of the most entert...

yes they will eat smaller fish but mine doesn't. he was living with them for a while with no fish missing. the fish stopped dissappearing once the loaches were removed. the loaches were separated from the large pleco. when the danios were placed back in the loach tank, they were eaten. i saw some pl...

helen, no sorry i didn't explain it well. i separated the smaller fish and the loaches a long time ago. close to a year. they were eating all of them. the problem now is that i bought some tigers for dither fish but they are attacking my cories. so i need something about the same size as the barbs b...