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- Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:26 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
The results I'm getting for pH are nothing close to what the LFS got. Not sure why. I'm getting 7.2 to 7.3 in all my tanks. I've tested it electronically and with a regent based test kit. My tap water varies. Hot water lowered to room temp is 7.4 to 7.5 Cold water raised to room temp is 7.0 to 7.1 B...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:41 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
I just had my water tested at my LFS. Ammonia and Nitrite were 0. Nitrate was very low. The real shocker was my that my pH was 8. I'll be running some pH tests on all my tanks and water supply to find the source of the high pH. I think it's the hot water heater, but I'll test everything anyway. Need...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
While sleeping on it, I was thinking about what else could of been causing water quality problems and came up with a few answers. 1) For the large water changes, I was using sodium thiosulfate to dechlorinate the tap water. It's dechloranates, but doesn't detoxify ammonia. I forgot about that import...
- Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:10 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
I had her about 8 years, since she was about a 1". She was a little over 5" long (nose to end of tail), but fairly thick. She was probably my smallest female.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:56 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
She didn't make it. She's already in the freezer. No others are showing the same symptoms. Not sure what to think. Hopefully its isolated. Earlier, I was thinking about moving the clowns that are in quarantine back over to the main tanks, but this death cancels that thought. I did do a quick inspect...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:18 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
She's almost lifeless. I moved her to bucket with water from Q-tank with just enough to cover her. Lots of aeration.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:08 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
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Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
Well I'm not out of the woods yet. One clown loach is listless and breathing rapidly. Not sure what to do.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:24 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: New Loach-a-Holic!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3360
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:20 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Striped Kuhlis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2763
Re: Striped Kuhlis
They may eventually bond. The older kuhli's I have, both striped and solid, didn't bond much until I gave them some rock piles (with 3" to 6" smooth river rocks) to house in. They'll wiggle in and out of those rock piles like you wouldn't believe.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:11 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: New loach lover. Some pics and videos
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23149
Re: New loach lover. Some pics and videos
They are awesome! It looks like they are playing the piano! 

- Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:07 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: What Is your craziest Loach Story
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2209
Re: What Is your craziest Loach Story
I have some kuhli loaches that stayed hidden or were trapped underneath an ornament for about a year. One of my clown loaches once jumped through an empty water bridge into an empty tank. She must of thought there was water in it. Thankfully, I was nearby when it happened and moved her back promptly.
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:59 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Recent Clown Loach Pics
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2008
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
- Views: 18294
Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
Loachloach- Thanks. Yes, it was horrible. Yes, the frail fins probably weren't caused by ich. There was an underlying problem that probably caused it, but I did see 2 ich spots near the tail on a different clown. That confirmed that ich was present. Later, after I started the salt treatment, I saw a...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:11 pm
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
- Views: 18294
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:29 am
- Forum: Loach Forum
- Topic: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
- Replies: 53
- Views: 18294
Re: Update with good news, and maybe some bad news
On this fine morning, I'm here to report that things are going seemingly well. The activated carbon worked rather miraculously over night. The water is clear and the mucus layer on the surface has disappeared. The blotches on Gracie, are fading away faster than I can believe. The rest of clown loach...