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Hopefully somebody is online to answer this quickly. Are otocinclus fish that I need to buy a few of, or will one of them be okay by itself in my tank? Thanks!

Nah, I wasn't even considering chemicals. So with the otocinclus, I'd want to get a vegetable clip as well then? So how does that work? For example, if I notice that the fish is eating the algae faster than it can grow, I'd want to clip in a piece of zuchinni and just leave it or something...

Alright I probably don't NEED one, but I would like to have something to help clean the algae in the tank. I've currently got a planeted 20H with 3 yoyo loaches and 7 pristella tetra. Any suggestions on something to help keep algea under control? I'd almost prefer it to be non-fish if...

Thanks for the replies... I'll wait until tomorrow night and try dropping in a wafer after the lights go out, maybe. They should have plenty of places to hide. My plants are getting thicker and I have two caves. One's rock and the other is wood. They seem to like the wood cave better 'cause...

Yep, same thing today...

Okay, I've had the 3 yoyos for a week now and I'm having a bit of a trouble getting them to eat. I have Hikari sinking waferes that the LFS sold me, but they don't seem to be too interested in them. At first when I put 'em in the water, they're still kind of hard, but one of them doesn't seem...

Well it's not like the legs are bowed and strained. it's a 6 piece metal stand that I had to put together (4 legs, 2 platforms). Thus if you're doing something like applying pressure to the inside of the glass to wipe off algae, I have to be careful not to rock the tank and freak out the fish...

I went with 3 Yoyo loaches. I tried to acclimate them to the water's chemistry and temperature slowly... They were real hard to get out of the bag and into the tank... Very good hiders, these guys are. Anyway, I've got the lights off and I'm trying to keep movement in the room at a minimum...

Thank you AshleyNicole. That's kinda how I was thinking about doing it anyway. If they have some cheap, thin tubing at the fish store, I may try to do it that way, but it sounds like more trouble than it's worth when I can do it manually, so to speak. Now I just need to decide which species...

Also, could somebody comment on the behavior of the Kuhli's? Are they as active and playful as the Yoyos sound? Also, what are your opinions about the Angelicus? After seeing them, I think they are very neat-looking and would like to know more about people's experiences with them.

Ah okay. So just pour the new fish, water and all, into the bucket and start that way? And this acclimates them better than floating the bag and just pouring some of the tank water in every so often?

Could somebody explain drip acclimation to me or link me to a site? This is the first I've heard of it. I'd google it, but I never know who to trust when it comes to this fish stuff. Thanks!

I've got a planted 20H that is currently the home to 5 pristella tetras. I've had them for a month or so and them seem to be doing quite well. I now want to get a some loaches. I was thinking of getting 3 yoyo loaches, but I'd like to scope out if there are any other kind that I could...

Just an update. The Pristellas are still doing great. Sometimes they spread out around the tank and sometimes they all group together. I frequently see 4 of them together and the 5th off by itself. I'm looking into where and what kind of loaches I'm going to get next. I also think I'm...

Anybody have some insight? I've been feeding them twice a day, but never really to the point where they seem disinterested. All of the food definitely gets eaten, but it still seems like a lot...