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Ok they were out of the silver dollars so i picked up 15 tiger barbs instead. not as big of a savings but they were a dollar each at under an inch long. just let them in the tank and they look good :)

Thanks Wills! Going to pick up 10 small silver dollars today. A buck a piece!! usually 5.69 so thats a good deal I presume!

The ones i was looking at im pretty sure the spotted ones. Says max size 6" so i think im ok there. The clownsvare really my feature fish tbh just wanted a couple shoals of schooling fish and i know the clowns and barbs are similar to eachother and could shoal togetheris kinda what im thinking...

Ok i have been trying to figure out what I can stock my 130 gal tank with. Currently have 5 smaller clown loaches, 1 clown pleco and 6 skirted tetra. I'm thinking about rehoming the tetra and getting 10 silver dollars, and 15 tiger barbs. My thinking is that in the life span of the tiger barbs...

I like those but the availability around here is next to none. What about maybe a firemouth meeki and a nice shoal of tiger barbs? would they do good with each other and the clowns? getting desperate now!!! lol

Man i cant win for losing! Eh oh well. Maybe i will get a nice shoal of tiger barbs to throw in there eh? Dont want to get rid if my clowns.. Love them too much... Thanks anyways!

Will do. Thanks for the suggestion!

Ok I have decided to rehome my BGK and the tetras, and was thinking about doing some mbumas with my clown loaches. Any suggestions along that line? Was looking at labidochromis caeruleus, pseudotropheus acei, and lodotropheus sprengerae. Maybe even some metriaclima callaino also if I can find...

I'm thinking it was a combo of the temp, and ph, neither were suitable for the fish. I had turned the temp up to 82 to rid of the ich for 3 weeks, and my ph is at 8.0-8.2 so i'm thinking those things really contributed to it. I know they are flexible on the ph but that was pretty warm for them...

I was at the LFS today and I saw some electric yellow labidochromis, Water conditions match my tank. In the research I have done so far it says they can not be kept with tetras because they will nip their fins. Which is fine because I planned on rehoming them before I purchase anything of the...

Well the last one died today while I was at work. He didnt show any signs of swim bladder at all. All my other fish seem happy and healthy... So I will keep my fingers crossed!!!! Thanks for the help

Oh and I would like more smaller fish than a couple larger fish if that makes sense!! :) Thanks again for your help everyone

I currently have 5 clown loaches, 6 skirted tetras, 1 clown pleco, and a bgk in my tank at the moment. I think I found someone that wants to buy my clown loaches from me. I'm having a tough time deciding if I want to do that. I'm looking for colorful. If I get rid of the clowns and put the...

I was wondering if there would be any cichlids that would be compatible with the fish in my 130 gal tank. I know the tetras would be in danger so I would re home them. mainly concerned with the BGK and the clown loaches. Probably a dumb question but its worth a shot! thanks!!

I have now learned that the torpedo barbs like a cooler water than what the clowns do. so 78 is wayy too warm for them. thats probably what helped kill them off. I'm left with one at the moment. also the tinfoil barbs require a lot different water temp than the clowns do also. Wish I would have...

yeah unfortunately thats how it seems to go.. :( Sorry about your loss also. I'm thinking about rehoming as many as I can and going with cichlids. I dunno. I love my clowns!

I just found out that the temp they like is 77 or lower... preferably on the lower end. so i'm really sad about that because the clown loaches like it around 78. unfortunately it was a suggestion from someone on here for the torpedo barbs because they like the same type of water the clown...

I had recently bought 7 torpedo barbs and now 5 have died and i'm going to have to euthanize the 6th one.. I'm pretty upset about it. I have had them for a month and a half now. Three of them died pretty much in the same hour, then the other three have been going by day. It appears to be swim...

OK so 6 of my 7 torpedo barbs have died due to swim bladder disease. Anyone have any idea on what could have caused that?

yeah i kept the temp high for a week after all signs of spots disappeared. Its nice to see someone from somewhere close to me! Looks like i'm gonna lose all my torpedo barbs. huge bummer, really liked them. and it was 10$ a piece X7 fish.. man!! all other fish are acting normal. Guess i will...

Another update. Five of my seven torpedo barbs developed swim bladder disease and have passed now. What a bummer. Hope i can keep the other two alive now. Wow what a week. Guess thats what i get for not using the twenty gal quarantine tank. In the process of re homing my cae because he badly...

No more losses. White spot gone thus far. Plants are not liking the salt treatment. Will have to do some pruning tomorrow. All good so far. Will keep heat up for a few more days right? No more losses. White spot gone thus far. Plants are not liking the salt treatment. Will have to do some...

wrapped the back and sides of my fish tank in insulation today so that way I can hold some heat in there for the winter time. unfortunately my precious tank is in the basement which heat has been turned off too. Maybe I will have to fire up the pellet stove when it gets colder! Sadly lost my bn...

This is the dance they do when they are fighting for alpha in the tank. Mine just did this today as a matter of fact! Notice how one is grayer than the other? When one colors up again it means he is tanking the loss and the other one is the dominant one. Here is a link to another post on this...

I just finished insulating my tank for the winter. What a pain. If only I could have my precious 6' tank upstairs.. :unsure: Oh well. Gives me time down there away from my computer! Ha.. Very sad on my loss of my little suzie.. Hope that I have no more mishaps.

Well i just found suzie my female bn pleco dead sitting at the bottom of the tank today. Dont know if it was the heat or the salt that got her but she is gone. :( very sad about that. She seemed fine last night. No sign of my clown pleco yet... Im bummed.

Got seven torpedo barbs a few weeks ago. Stunning fish! Thanks to all for the suggestions. Love them

Its amazing how fast they gobble up the snails. I just started a ten gallon tank for just snails and i drop a handful in and they all are empty by morning. I have five clowns atm and i just love them. Very entertaining little critters. Just sad i had to put my six foot tank in the basement. Im...

I have one i had problems with. He stayed in my goldfish pond all summer and put him back in my 125gal after i upgraded from my 55 and not seeing any problems yet. I like him for his cleaning and personality but i cant have him beating up other fish in the tank. Keeping my fingers crossed that...

I just watched my two bigger clowns duking it out. Very interesting. They are neat little critters. Think they have settled down now. If i get a chance i will try and upload a video. Its kinda funny because i was just reading about the coloring while doing the dance last night then they started...

Well updating again. Fish all look good. Eating and acting normal. Spots are slowly disappearing. Everythinh is going good. Got some trumpet snails free from lfs in a smaller tank yesterday. Would they carry ich by any chance?

Update as of tonight, Fish seem to be doing good still. Have not seen any "flasing" yet so hopefully they wont be too stressed and it will go away soon. I also started dosing with aquarium salt at 2g/l per day for the next 14 days to hopefully kill of the ick. Was highly suggested by neale on...

Well so far no changes. Everyone still seems happy. Temp is 82f so lets hope the little boogers go away! Anyone have any suggestions on treating my little one?

I was thinking the same. Also thinking the new addition of fish would be more likely to cause the stress due to they have been in the new tank for a couple months?? Guess its hard to say if your not a fish!!! :) Will turn the temp up for a couple weeks and see what happens. Most of the stone...

I have recently upgraded to a 130gal tank from my 55. It has been up and running with the fish in it now for 3 months. A few nights ago I added some more rock to it that I had previously cleaned very well and stored indoors for later use. I noticed tonight that my clown loaches have white spot...

Looks great man. Have been following this for a while. Wish I had the resources to do such a thing!!! Hope you get your issues sorted soon!! Great job man!!

Hell my other half begged me to stay with my 4 footer... I'm so happy I upgraded to my 6 footer!!! :) would love to go with 8 though. Pics didnt show up for me but hell of a journey that you went through. I did the same. set my tank up and brought my big goldfish and koi in from the pond a few...

Man, I have a 130 gal, 55gal, 29gal, 20gal, and 10gal... and all I am allowed by the misses is one at a time.. what one do you think I chose? haha I had to put it in the middle of my basement living room its so big.. I love it. I want bigger.. haah :hyper:

They are unique arent they. I love mine too. Very entertaining to watch. I have 5 atm in a 130 gal tank. Very soon I plan to get a few more, and some red line torpedo barbs to go along with them :) Thanks for sharing!! :fun: They are unique arent they. I love mine too. Very entertaining to...

I just got my 6x2x2 set up and now i'm thinking i should have went bigger!! :hyper: That is going to be totally awesome when its all set up. thanks for making mine look small... haha