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point taken.. lol

I had a clown loach do the same thing. He survived almost 3 years before passing, his brothers were three times his size. (or sisters really who knows) it was always out and about, first one for food, just never grew. then over night it took a turn for the worst and passed that day. I think it...

yeah it would help you sort your ph issue out a little better to know how hard your water actually is. Still need to re test mine. possibly tonight as i'm setting with them.  man that filter is awesome. hooked it up and started it at 11pm, by 730am my water was crystal clear just how it should...

Replaced my marinelacnd c-360 with a fluval fx5 today. Man what a beast... And silent as ever. Hey greenmumma did you find anything helpful about filtering your water? Just curious. Got my gh and kh test kit a couple days ago and i have relatively soft water. Was surprised actually gonna test...

http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8904   Haha whoops!  Of course its all based on uk stuff but some of the stuff could still be happening in your case. Ph is pretty high. buffers are just soo unstable

He didn't get killed dont worry. I ended up rehoming him to petco.. Poor little fella. I know every situation is different, and I dont really want to take a big risk so maybe I will stick with the barbs and get some cherry barbs or something.    As far as your ph goes I think you can buy a water...

Oh im so exited!! I have one rhizome of anabius from my old tank i thouht was dead and it started growing again. I just left it because the base was stil green but no leafs would grow. Its been prob three months since the last leaf died. And now it sprouted a leaf!!! Very tiny but its still...

Well i have 3 black skirt and 3 white skirt tetra. Only problem i had was my bgk. They chewed his tail off... Poor guy. All the time i thought it was my CAE and rehomed him. He was really a good cleaner just a little boiserous is all. I read that someone had a group of fifteen tigers and ten...

If what i'm reading is right, They have a rep of being nippy like the tiger barbs, So then I think it would be alright to get a group of them as well with the tiger barbs. Think I want to get my tigers up to fifteen first. Then work on a group of fifteen serpae tetra, But the sale is sooooo good!

that godzilla clown loach was the two smaller ones!! lol Yeah your tigers must be bigger than mine... I have two that can eat the pellets whole. the rest of them swim around chewing on them, spitting them out and grabbing them again. Its quite entertaining!!! Every one of these fish have...

Very beautiful!

The shrimp pellets are horrible! I used them for a while until I figured out that they were exploding and getting stuck between all of my rocks and rotting. Now when I use my siphon hose on my powerhead to blow out the rocks it dont have near as much! I just use API tropical premium pellets for...

You know I remember seeing that discoloration in the one I had pass also... kinda strange now that I think of it. My other one is just cruising around the tank cleaning and cleaning.. :) Hope your second one does good. I paid like 7 for mine so 4 is a good price! Sucks its so far away though.  ...

I have a grop of 9 tiger barbs in my 130gal and have not had a problem with them chasing my other fish at all! And completely agree they need a group of six or more. As well as your other fish...

i really like the tree idea. Thats my plan with my java fern i think is i'm going to tie it to the "tree" and hope it grows good from there. The root looking wood could make some good hiding places!!    I definitely know how the fish budget being zero thing is. I'm totally there. Luckily taxes...

So no good driftwood then.. Lol my bn is all over the place still. Hard to get pics of him. He is starting to get his bristles!! Was hoping for a girl but its a boy... Lol. Maybe ill get a girl one next time... still need another heater for my qt tank.. Its at 83 right now. The thermostat is...

Hope to see some pics of your new find!!!

Well good luck on your new adventure!!! And speaking of not wanting to spend a lot... Next week when my tax check comes in im buying a fluval fx5 for my tank.... 270.00! Ouch.... But at almost a thousand gallons per hour it will be worth it!!! Well im off to work now... Hope that you find...

I just figured out why my java fern looks funny. Because there are like fifty plants starting off the leaves!! Guess i will have to pull it out and trim it up!!! Just be glad that you have a lfs besides petsmart and petco.. I wish we had the same around here. Closest one is about an hr away...

Oh i know about the wood thing. I found a piece that i loved at the lfs and it was seventy bucks!!! And the stupid thing is that it would look tiny in my tank!!! Have found pieces i like online but its like fifty bucks still... Oh well. I like my branches just fine. Cant wait to get some more...

I see your point. Kinda weird how in the animal world the males are the pretty ones huh!! Then you could have babies too. That would be pretty cool. Dont think they would last long in my tank with all the fish that i have!!! :) Dont think they would fit in much either. Beautiful fish though!!!

:) Two females is good though right? Im distracted really easy also...

Oh and ime i have found that the wood i find at the beach is too soft for aquariums. Find a nice big oak tree and find a branch that looks like its been dead for a while. Bark will be peeling up all over it. Break it off or cut whichever is easier and cut down to size. Peel the bark off and soak...

Hey greenmumma check this out. Hope it helps! http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=S50H6F7Bpps&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DS50H6F7Bpps

well your lucky because I was going to post them this weekend! I woke up at almost 5am this morning and couldnt get back to sleep so I figured I would post them..  As far as your layout goes, I think it looks really good and as the plants will fill in it will look really good. Your layout only...

In the first video you see my two smaller clowns with the polka dots.  nearing the end of the video you can slightly hear the little ones clicking while they eat http://youtu.be/Dr-9MtHytk0 The second video you can see my largest clown loach eating with the rest of them. I rescued her from a...

as long as your filter is cycled for the fish your putting in then i would say yes you would be ok. I wouldnt add any additional fish right away though. maybe wait a couple weeks and keep checking your water stats to be sure. And dont let your filter media dry out! Oh and on your original...

How lucky can we get huh? :) its scary... I do cold water changes also. No hot on at all. But in a tank as big as mine it dont drop the temp but a couple degreese. I usually do 20 gals per change so its not bad. Just have to watch out for small fish not to get sucked up... Im happy now! Tank is...

Well im glad it works out so good then! Really sucks with the given circumstances... Sorry to hear that.. :( it sure is a beautiful setup though!!

Oh no i came down to sit with my fish tonight and it appears that my heater in my qt tank was stuck on!! Had it set to 78f and it was 81 and rising!!! I unplugged it and let it cool down while i got the rocks out and plants transfered and put them in the big tank just now. Wow that was a close...

The first time i heard it i thought they were gitting the spoon into the glass that held the cucumber down. Then when the spoon was not by the glass i was thinking cool! So i googled clown loaches clicking and learned more about it. I figured they would be good together but i figured i would...

My basement being so cool in summer and cold as heck in winter (43f) (and i sit down here two hours every night) i think that the humidity would not be good. Nice tight fitting lids for me... :) Guess i can say that im devoted to my fishies!!! :)

The bn plecos will clean you right up. I have found that they love my brown algae but wont touch the green?? Interesting to me!! Good luck!! :)

Nope he is out playing with the others all the time. I dropped the water level about an inch and have not found any in the filter at all now for a few days. Now i have a crater in my sand though!!! Oh well. I thought he looked different from the start but when they are young they are all...

I recently bought what i thought was six boita kuboti and it appears to me that one is actually a Botia rostrata . Do you think that they are similar enough that i dont need to go find some more of my oddball? They look a lot alike as juviniles but the markings are a bit different. Anyone have...

I think that its actually swimming up through the outtake, dont see a path from the intake to the filter area that the little guy could get to.. I gave up yesterday and left him in the filter and I counted six when I went back down there earlier. So he came out on his own.. lol a couple more...

Just an update. Tigers are doing wonderful. I did lose one of my bn plecos though and one of my new loaches has taken residence in my internal filter. I take everything out and scoop him out to find him back in there the next day or the day after. Any ideas to stop this??? Lol

Man I would love to go topless with my tank. But with the cooolllld winter and my basement not being heated My heaters would be running constantly... Oh well. Nice tank though!!!! Er. um, gorgeous setup i should say.. lol Nice dont even start to cover it!!!

stripping them is not easy. even if they have been dead for a couple years.. Then I soaked it in my pond for about a month. and drilled a hole in the bottom to tie a flat stone to it and buried the stone for the anchor. Works pretty well I would say. It was still pretty buoyant when I put it...

My newest addition to the tank. Took me a while to get it out from under 3"of oce in the small pond but i got it!!! I would like moss to grow up it when it comes in the mail. As well as my other stick