Clarebabes

So really, how many rosy barbs should I get and how many rams? Maidenhead had some nice plecs which don't grow too big. They don't need pairs or anything do they?

Clarebabes

OK, good advice as per usual Will think about it after our holiday.

I do really like Clown Loaches though, they are such amazing fish. I watched the tank this morning - with the light turned off - and one of the loaches was playing in the air stone bubbles and racing against the filter outlet! He was loving it

Chip Sengravy

has anyone got anyexperience of those freshwater shrimps you can get?

I wanted a crayfish to go in with my golfish, but the retard at petsmart said they can get a bit aggressive.

The Snug Rhino

small freshwater shrimp are fine but crayfish eat fish so the retard would be the one wanting to buy one.

Chip Sengravy

You have to have a smarmy dig, don't you?

*****.

Maz

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Gladiators anyone.

The Snug Rhino

No need to sign your own posts.

Chip Sengravy

Very good!



Now, do you know anything about shrimps, or what!?

The Snug Rhino

yes - i have owned amano, bamboo, glass, cherry, bumblebee, tiger, etc, etc Currently i have 5 variants of marine shrimp and lobsters. I know my shrimp - and a crayfish will eat fish and is a daft purchase. Crayfish and crabs for freshwater tanks and pointless and should be left in the river!

Clarebabes

BTTT

Got some neon tetras and a clown plec yesterday. Feel a bit aggreived as I've read a bit about the plec which says it doesn't ever come out and doesn't eat algae!

Anyone want to buy a plec?

Daz1121

My parents have got a clown plec and thats out and about every day. They are a nice plec that don't grow that big.

Clarebabes

Perhaps it's just settling in then. It keeps hiding under a piece of bogwood with the clown loaches. They seem a bit put out to be honest The loaches have been out and about alot more since we got the other fish. I

s it OK that they eat the algae food that I bought for the plec? All the fish seem to like them!

logiclee

I've got six in a community tank, one is only a couple of years old, four are around 10 years old and the last remaining original loach is now 22 years old.

I'll post some pics up in the morning.

Cheers
Lee

Clarebabes

I love them too. Very entertaining fish, when they come out! They often chuck gravel out from under the bogwood they've made their home, trying to dig in deeper - there's a little pile building up near the entrance

logiclee

Give them time, my six are out nearly all the time with the light on or off, digging up sand, playing in the flow or swimming up and down the glass around food time.

They have a big enough stone den that all six of them can get into and that keeps the stress levels down and gives them a refuge should they get spooked.

I've never come across another fish that are as entertaining to watch but I do think you need at least 4 to 6 of them for them to act naturally.

Cheers
Lee

Clarebabes

I've got 4 now. One is alot smaller than the others and it's great to see him swim with the bigger ones. I often think he looks up to them and will rarely come out without one of the larger ones.

They are special

Maz

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Things are going well How often are you feeding them? I bet the neon tetras have added some colour.

Clarebabes

I feed a bit in the morning and then at night. The loaches come out once the flakes have settled to the bottom.

The tetras have added colour and shoal nicely with the Danios

logiclee

As promised here are a few pics of my loaches.





The loach with a bit of tail damage in the middle pic is 22 years old.

I find they just love Tetra Prima Complete Food Granules and the odd Algea Wafer.

Cheers
Lee

logiclee

My Dad had a tank when I lived at home, he bought four loaches when I was 16, I'm now 38.

My Dad gave up his tank about 12 years ago and I took the loaches on, they have lived in four different tanks.
I lost the other three some years back after a storm left us without power for days. I was doing tiny water changes and putting hot water bottles in the tank every few hours including through the night but I only saved one.
I now have a genny on standby should the same happen again.

Cheers
Lee

Sonic'

B2Z

Sorry its been a while LOL, hope you got the blue lights sorted in the end

My clown loach comes to the surface and clicks his mouth in the air whenever I left the lid of my tank

I want to start training my knife fish to eat out of my hand too, as they are capable of doing that and let you touch them too, as they have been known to lie on your hand

Most of my fish absolutely love frozen blood worm, they go mental as soon as I drop them in the tank, especially the clown loach, he cant get enough of them LOL

I stick them in a small glass of water to let them defrost first before putting them in the tank, as they dont tend to like frozen fish and can possibly kill them due to the drop in internal temperature, or so I have heard

scooby-tc

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Just spotted this thread.I have 2 tanks running at the moment (well the other half claims the tropical one even tho i look after them) One is a 2ft 49ltr tropical tank stocked with more plants than the blue peter garden and peppered catfish,clown loach,green tiger barbs,neon tetra,cardinal tetra silver shark and a couple of blue dwarf gourami
The other tank is the 'mans tank' full of malawi cichlids,absolutely stunning fish to watch but very feisty and protective of their own areas of the tank.
I never knew there were so many fish lovers on this forum will watch with interest

Daz1121

What Malawi cichlids have you got, I've got a few types of labs Labeotropheus Fuelleborni, Labidochromis Hongi Orange Fin, Electric Yellow Labidochromis, Metriaclima Esterae, Midnight Moloto and Pseudotropheus Saulosi.

scooby-tc

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Ive got 3 x melanchromis Auratus,3 x Red Empress,1 x yellow Lab,1 x Venustus (14") 3 x Haplichromis Obliqueden (lake victoria i know) but they get on famously ,2x blue acei had them all for nearly 2 years now but might be time for the Trigon 350 or juwel vision 450 soon

Clarebabes

I heard the larger loaches "click" for the first time last night when they helped themselves to a Hikara plec algae wafer! All of the fish love them and can't get enough! Even the plec came out and sat with his mouth on it and was very unhappy when all of the other fish wanted a bit.