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    Help me identify my mystery Driveway fish

    Yeah good point. Funny world we live in, where its ok to kill and eat the wildlife, but not love and care for them. :/ Anyways, location is southern Ontario Canada. Basically where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie.
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    Aw, see, I want to see my guys all happy and having fun like that, playing peekaboo. Lol. :) Just out of curiosity again, regardless of price and practicality, is there any brand of sand that you don't have to rinse forever first? Like that you could basically just add straight from the bag...
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    marineland hex 5 - stocking ideas?

    Thanks so much for replying. Regarding the current, I find it so gentle compared with my other tanks (oh no, maybe there's something wrong with it! Lol) Would you be able to tell me a little more about those two types of fish, i'm unfamiliar, haven't even seen either so I have no idea what...
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    I understand, and I agreed. What I was asking, is if other softer things do exist. Surely there are other things, more than two options (gravel or sand), that people CAN put on the bottoms of tanks...?
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    And by that I mean like I mentioned a few pages ago, something more like soil, or something more like gravel, but rounded and maybe lighter, like little balls or something, that the loaches might be able to squiggle and play through.
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    Ok. Thanks everybody. I probably will end up changing my next upgrade tank to sand then. But just out of curiosity, are there other softer or more rounded-edged substrate options like I mentioned? Maybe I could try one of them out in this tank in the meantime.
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    marineland hex 5 - stocking ideas?

    I apologize, I realize there are a ton of threads like this, but most just say 5 gallons, I'm wondering if the hex shape makes a difference in fish choices, as the height vs length thing. So - I want to do some rearranging. I know its small, but what are my options, exactly? A few more...
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    That's the thing, won't my loaches be thrashing around in it? I just picture them going crazy, being all "finally! Sand! Oooo ahhh that's the stuff!" Lol.
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    Help me identify my mystery Driveway fish

    That's a good idea, I wouldn't have thought of that. :)
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    Help me identify my mystery Driveway fish

    Thanks for the suggestions guys, I agree he does look quite a bit like the ones you mentioned, but not quite.. The thing is, his head (or back, or whatever) is really arched up now whereas most of your suggestions when I googled them are more flat-backed. Does that help? I took like a dozen...
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    Thanks guys. I was just wondering, is there any other kind of substrate I could use that might be in bigger (non-filter-suck-up-able) size but that would be softer, maybe even rounded? Or even some kind of soil? (that might get sucked up But maybe wouldnt be as likely to damage the filter if it...
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    Sand pit for loaches?

    I love my loaches and have been thinking about changing my gravel substrate to sand for them, but I keep hearing warnings about how stirred up sand will destroy my filter. How do people get around this issue? (I have a regular aquaclear filter, btw.)
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    Help me identify my mystery Driveway fish

    I know, I haven't been fishing in years but the eyeball, size and silver colour reminded me closest of a minnow. So that's what I assumed he was. My dad has fished all his life though and when he visited he said it wasn't quite like the minnows he was familiar with so he wasn't sure. As he's...
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    Help me identify my mystery Driveway fish

    Hahaha, no not at all. I just meant I would normally describe his behaviour to help you figure it out, but I don't think it will help cause I think he has identity issues and just acts just like his best friend. Lol.
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    Intro - New member from Ontario Canada

    I just caught that after, thanks Andrew. :)
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