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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:40 pm
by Rodrigo Carvalho
Keith Wolcott wrote:Excellent! Your fish are nice and healthy looking.
Thank you! I always look at your topic. Your loach tanks are the ones of the
most impressive ever with all that water bridges and natural light!
Marcos Mataratzis wrote:Hey Rodrigo!
They´ve grown very fast. Have you give up on natural plants?
Marcos
Thank you Marcos. You know that I've learn a lot from you, so part of
my tank success depends on you.
At this time I gave up on natural plants, but I will try to add a plant
filter using hyacinth. There's a balcony just 3 meters from the tank, so
I could easily pump water from the sump to a plant tank sitting there and than pump it back to the sump.
starsplitter7 wrote:Absolutely lovely. Love the patterns on the Yoyos.
Thank you!
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:26 am
by Rodrigo Carvalho
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:07 pm
by arny
i must admit when i see clowns in the shops i dont like the look of them but then i see how beautiful they can look when people give them the care and space they need to grow. just lovely
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:49 am
by Rodrigo Carvalho
arny wrote:i must admit when i see clowns in the shops i dont like the look of them but then i see how beautiful they can look when people give them the care and space they need to grow. just lovely
Thanks for your kind words!
I got six more clown loaches, five medium (5-6cm) and a little one (3cm). I'll be posting more pics as soon they get transfered from quarantine tank.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:53 am
by starsplitter7
Great pictures. THank you for sharing.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:30 am
by andyroo
Looks familar- I've got a couple of these Hydor koralia in the same position but in the back, blowing along the back wall. Everybody loves it. The green algae is even the same, but your use of sand is keeping it in check over the bottom. I'm getting rid of the gravel from my mixed substrate for this reason.
I made the mistake of getting a headstander a couple of months ago, so my planted system is quickly becoming a stone & wood only system and the powerheads need cleaning every morning.
I'm thinking of setting a creeper-vine in/over the tank to take up the nutrients the regular plants used to use up, but the roots get nibbled off (by everybody). Any thoughts on keeping the roots safe? No space for an external planter.
A
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:30 pm
by Rodrigo Carvalho
andyroo wrote:Looks familar- I've got a couple of these Hydor koralia in the same position but in the back, blowing along the back wall. Everybody loves it. The green algae is even the same, but your use of sand is keeping it in check over the bottom. I'm getting rid of the gravel from my mixed substrate for this reason.
I made the mistake of getting a headstander a couple of months ago, so my planted system is quickly becoming a stone & wood only system and the powerheads need cleaning every morning.
I'm thinking of setting a creeper-vine in/over the tank to take up the nutrients the regular plants used to use up, but the roots get nibbled off (by everybody). Any thoughts on keeping the roots safe? No space for an external planter.
A
Yeah, these algae grows on porous surfaces and gravel or big pebbles are perfect for them. I have little amount of gravel mixed with sand, as you saw that on my pics.
I've never had an Annostomus, but I know their fame for being extreme
destructive to plants, many times more than loaches.
I think my friend Marcos is now using a creeper-vine in his tank. Maybe you can look in his topic and message him. I don't know how his loaches are dealing with the roots. Good luck then!
PS: I've put some water lettuce floating to see if i can get my nitrates level down, by as I would expect, loaches loves their roots
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:33 pm
by Rodrigo Carvalho
starsplitter7 wrote:Great pictures. THank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:15 am
by Rodrigo Carvalho
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:03 am
by Marcos Mataratzis
Great pictures Rodrigo!
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:43 pm
by chefkeith
the loaches look wonderful!
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:19 am
by Rodrigo Carvalho
Thank you Marcos and Chefkeith.
Here goes a video that I recorded yesterday night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rAs9j5V98
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:00 am
by loachmom
Gorgeous!! Your fish look so healthy and happy!
Re: [PICS]My loach tank (update pg3 - 07nov10)
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:46 pm
by Rodrigo Carvalho
Re: [PICS]My loach tank (update pg3 - 07nov10)
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:47 pm
by Rodrigo Carvalho