Hello to everyone!
First post...
Tomorrow i plan to buy a quarantine tank, with the primary aim being to introduce some clown loaches into my current (260l) tank. After suitably 'cycling' the new tank and allowing it a little time to 'mature', my questions are:
1. I plan to have 4 loaches, is it best to buy (and therefore introduce) them 2 at a time or 4 at once (to both tanks)?
2. Is there a 'better' size to buy? (in terms of them successfully acclimatising to the tanks)
3. After checking they are ok and feeding well etc i need to move them into the other tank. Although i will have prepared some hiding places etc this is likely to be stressful for the loaches. Is this not going to make them susceptible to disease etc all over again and nullify the 'good work' of the quarantine tank?
4. I have a red tailed black shark. I believe this can be territorial, am i likely to have problems?
5. When changing the water i normally check to make sure it is ~2 degrees of the tank temperature, will even this slight a difference cause the loaches a problem?
I know there are a few questions there but i really want to make my attempts with these somewhat difficult customers to be a success!
TIA
First post...
Tomorrow i plan to buy a quarantine tank, with the primary aim being to introduce some clown loaches into my current (260l) tank. After suitably 'cycling' the new tank and allowing it a little time to 'mature', my questions are:
1. I plan to have 4 loaches, is it best to buy (and therefore introduce) them 2 at a time or 4 at once (to both tanks)?
2. Is there a 'better' size to buy? (in terms of them successfully acclimatising to the tanks)
3. After checking they are ok and feeding well etc i need to move them into the other tank. Although i will have prepared some hiding places etc this is likely to be stressful for the loaches. Is this not going to make them susceptible to disease etc all over again and nullify the 'good work' of the quarantine tank?
4. I have a red tailed black shark. I believe this can be territorial, am i likely to have problems?
5. When changing the water i normally check to make sure it is ~2 degrees of the tank temperature, will even this slight a difference cause the loaches a problem?
I know there are a few questions there but i really want to make my attempts with these somewhat difficult customers to be a success!
TIA