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I had a particular crazy friend who through these great parties with 70's theme's, well he still lives in the 70's :lol: I always wound up waking up on the coach with my face against his tank 250g. Then I noticed any time I was in his house that I sat next to the tank and people used to...

"garden soil, rabbit droppings, etc. covered with a layer of gravel" :jump: I did'nt know McGuyver was a finatic. Sorry I'm only 2yrs in and im just amazed at people's inginuity.

Plecto's dont like salt so it makes it very hard to use because everyone has one. Salt is not good for plants either. In the article "yuck Ich" on the main page states Loaches can tolerate salt. So many varied opinions guess you will just have to try and test! There are to many secretive...

what temp is your tank? If its 24c lets say it might be early stages. My current battle started that way. I'm trying the raise temp to 30c meds did not work. Wait for the salt like look wont be long if it is ich. Have a thread in unhealthy fish section "darn white spot again" Start a new...

Man so much info my head is gonna explode!

Water changing Thanks for all the reply's I especially love the mixed it up with beer part! Sorry I did not reply I'm in the middle of battling Ich. Lost 6 Loache and 5 Ballas Gutted

cheers

Well I just tested and the results scared me Ammonia .1 Nitrite .1 Nitrate 25 mg/L PH 7 Damn why is the Nitrate up I did a partial water change 10g I'll keep an eye on it. Probably from the dead fish although I did a 20g change last night. Should I change more water before raising the temp...

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Has anyone else noticed that nobody with a UV steriliser ever posts about sick fish or disease. Am I mad? Or is it simply they wont admit they have a UVS when posting? If someone out there uses one is it really any benefit/different?

sorry im using the liquid tests. 10ppm might be wrong statement Its .1 or 10 Nitrate, Nitrite and Amonia all come up the colour next to none at all sorry my fault with 10 ppm. I will check when I go home.

Should I raise the temp 1 deg per day or what do you recommend?

Yep it was ich. It killed me watchin the loaches scratching all the time. But are you sure about the 30c because I thought 28c was the limite with siamese and pleco?

Tank 55g 6 plants and small medium gravel. 12 silver tipped tetra. (3/4 in) 6 Clown Loache (dead now) 5 Small Bala sharks (small 2in dead now also) 1 Pleco 1 Siamese Fighter Filter Eheim 2128 Pro2 Thermo. Readings Well within parameters Nitrate 10ppm Nitrites 10ppm Amonia 10ppm Ph 6.5 to 7ppm...

OK I walked into the LFS and I overheard a discussion between a member of staff an another fish loving nut like me about water changes. Staff "I would recommend that you use water straight from the tap and treat with stress coat to remove chlorine" Nut "How long before I put it in the...

Hmmm, you leave your lights on all the time? 8O What do you mean by better behaved? Algae probs? Do you have plants to shade the fish? Your fish will probably develope poor eye sight :rofl:

sorry u i forgot go here: http://www.loaches.com/ These people have a lot of knowledge I posted something similar ages ago there and most said the natural order had not been settled. One might even remain light coloured

What other fish have u in the tank? And if your loaches are 4inch r bigger u need at least 55gal. A schooling fish like tetras made mine come out. 10 loaches in mine 4 babies, 4x4in and 2x5in. The two 5's I only have 4 months and there only gettin darker now. Seems to take a long time to settle.

thanks very much for your help.

Stocking community tank You have got to have Clown Loaches and Angels. Clowns are so much fun and they stand out. Everyone that comes to my house asks what they are. My tank 55g and over stocked I know lol (but I do a lot of water changes). 3 adult angels, 10 Clowns...

Hi all, I want to buy an MP/Eheim tank from Germany. Heres the web site http://www.aquaristikshop.com Hit english at the bottom and then tanks and furniture on the left side. The Topas 130 is the one I want but should I pay the extra 40 euro(50dllrs) for T5 lighting? Any advice would be...