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I had 4 young clown loaches in my 6 foot community tank, they were all going well for a few months then they got white spot from a new fish that i didnt quarantine (i know). I treated them by raising the temp and using protozin and they all recovered. But now one of them has gotten really...

My dream tank would be a 200gallon+ loach tank.. it would just have all different types of loaches (yoyos, clowns, zebras, tigers, kuhlis, dwarfs, red finned, angelicus, hillstream... who would all magically get along with each other and be available in Australia because this is a dream lol :D)...

Yeah I don't want a 24'' light.. do they make T5HO in smaller sizes at all? I think 24'' is the smallest I've seen. That website looks good (so do the prices!) but unfortunately I'm in Australia so I doubt they'd ship to me. What do you think of the light I posted above? I like that it is 40cm...

Also, the tank will have Eco complete as subtrate, not sure if thats relevent here or not...

Tank will have diy co2 and flourish excel to start with, i hope to eventually have 'proper' pressurized co2.. one day. I'm not 100% sure what plants i want yet, but i want to have the option to grow high/moderate light plants.. I like the idea of a HC carpet but Im not sure of thats achievable...

Hi everyone, I have just bought myself an Aqua one Aquanano 40 cube tank, I would like it to be moderate - high lighting so I am replacing the 18W light it came with.. any suggestions on what could be suitable for it? I am looking at this light, would it be suitable? Florescent Light Fittings...

Well I went into the lfs to have another look at him and I ended up buying him :). His is drip acclimating now and I will add him to the tank soon... they told me the tank he was in was only 7.8 (i thought it would be higher cos he was in with african cichlids) so not too different to mine. They...

He's probably 5 - 6 cm, im going to try to go back and have a look at him today.

That's true, i didn't think of that.. When i talked to the guy working there he said it was called a synodontis or a cuckoo catfish - he wasnt sure on the full scientific name. The tank didnt have a sign i.d.ing it either. But when i looked online it did look just like the multi.. Is there...

Thanks for the advice, im still not sure if I should get him or not. I would get a school when i can find some more for sale but he'd be on his own at first.. And i do have alot of bottom feeders. But on the other hand (lol) he is so cute! And a bargain, the lfs has $30 on him - i looked online...

I was looking in my lfs yesterday and saw one of these for the first time, i'd never seen one for sale before. He is gorgeous, and i'm very tempted to get him if he's still there when i go back.. I thought I'd better do some research first though :P. I read they prefer pH above ~8, the tank...

I'm not sure if there's anything you can do to help him heal quickly, other than keep your water extra clean, someone else might have more advice for you there. But you could put something over your filter intake to stop it happening again, like for s HOB or canister filter you can put a pre...

Well I am also a beginner lol so this might be abit like the blind leading the blind... but I do know that Java fern, java moss and anubias plants are good for low light, low tech tanks. There are different varieties of java moss (I know of the 'normal' variety and the windelov or lace variety...

Thanks for that info, I might up my group of yoyos from 3 upto 5 then. I'm not even thinking of trying to breed any loaches (yet!), I just want to create an environment that they will be happy and healthy in :). Though I would love for my clown loaches to breed, I think that'd make me pretty...

I haven't kept upsidedown catfish before but I put in vegies like cucumber and zuchinni for my bristlenose catfish and loaches who love it.. My other fish (gouramis, tetras, corydoras) all pick at it too, so I imagine an upsidedown catfish would eat them too? I soften hard vegies like zuchinni...