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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.

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...

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...

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...?

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.

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.

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...

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.

That's a good idea, I wouldn't have thought of that. :)

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...

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...

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.)

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...

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.

I just caught that after, thanks Andrew. :)

So, my kids found this fish in a puddle in our driveway last year. (There were actually a few, but this guy is the only one who survived past a couple of weeks. Driveway has a actually grown a lot. ) How they got into the puddle in the first place is still a weird mystery, but I'd like to at...

Ok, thanks for chiming in. I will leave it alone then if its safe and not adversely affecting water quality or anything. I actually don't mind how it looks, kind of flapping around there, and the bamboo shrimp will kind of pick through it for little bits i figure its softer on their fan hands...

Thanks for the replies, guys. :) And the algae stuff is I guess sort of cottony-looking, but its not white. I put a picture of it in another thread last night, if you want to take a look?

Ok, weird. Is yours the same kind of algae as in my picture? Hopefully someone will reply with some answers for us. :)

Hey guys, I'd like you to help me identify what exactly this stuff growing on my driftwood log is, and tell me if its ok (safe) to leave in there with my fishies, or if I should get rid of the log? Thanks, let me know if this picture is good enough for you to tell what it is.

Hi there everybody, I installed this app on my phone a long time ago, and read through a bunch of threads but never needed advice with my little tanks until now, which has been great! I love that they've built up their own little ecosystems so well that they haven't needed any intervening so...