Recent content by Dephea

Literally what I was going to say! :D I don't use Nerite as food on purpose. Loaches however are actively disagreeing with me on that one so every now and then I see them turning into French messieurs sucking them up as if it was the best food they ever had.

Ahahah no no, stuck in Wales in UK (loving it here, really). I actually relocated even deeper into Wales into an even smaller town so my choices are limited but I am not giving up just yet :fish:

All frozen food that is available for me here in UK I already have - I have daphnia, cyclops, bloodworms and a few other bits but all of those are small in comparison to let's say nerite snails I get. My loaches are active and curious so I don't see a problem with giving them an occasional clam...

Yeah that is very likely my mistake, I do confuse them and I won't even pretend that I know what I'm talking about :cool: Yeah I am definitely more flexible when it comes to that, kind of going with the rule that if there is no harm in it and the fish might enjoy it I will give it a go. I...

Clown loaches? 100% yes. I can see how they shred snails, so I have absolutely no reason to believe they would not handle a clam or a prawn that was cut into smaller pieces. I even reckon that the bigger loaches would easily get into the shell of a clam if they had to. Other fish? Depends. I do...

Fair point but aren't some prawns and clams freshwater too? I will check the origin of the ones in the shop but when I googled it originally people did divide those into freshwater too hence why I assumed it was a good idea to ask for more opinions / advice and give it a try. In the end...

I actually do have prawns but they come pre-cooked. Would that be ok? I suppose there is no harm as if they don't eat it I will just take it out but not sure if I should go raw instead? I heard about the maggots in the mouth, dear god absolutely no :sick: They are disgusting as they are so I...

I am staying on top of the cleaning and test water regularly, also gave other fish in the main tank so if I introduce it there it will all be gone. Not worried about that part As for live food I provide them with live daphnia, bloodworm and whatever else my LFS is selling, I like to rotate...

Is there a reason to not to try clams? Not that I HAVE to use them if it's unhealthy or dangerous but I wonder if there is a reason to avoid them, I enjoy introducing new foods for all my pets and the rule applies to my fish too :)

720L All stats fine, no ammonia, no parasites, no fish dying since Feb (bala jumped out so not even water related). One of my clown loaches got VERY skinny, I can see his bones (the ones behind his head), 2nd loach getting skinnier but still looking good. I have 6 of them, all others are nice...

I shall try to split them like that first and see how that goes! Hopefully more space will make them less agitated and if that doesn't work I will certainly look into rehoming the ones that are unhappy here Thank you all :fish:

So would I do: Tank 1: 2 Blue pair 2 pearl females Tank 2: 1 blue/ orange dwarf male 2 gold pair 1 pearl female I will rehome fish if I have to to ensure they are all okay etc but I have them for a long time now so I was hoping to keep them all and just give them more space and in time...

Oh and the 110L is 80cm long, 150L is 68cm long. I can run to measure the depth as well if needed

Photos are not the best but are showing fish bums and I assume that's the main bit we need here. Blue ones I bought in Maidenhead and I can accept they messed up as it wouldn't be the first time, they told me its 1 male 1 female. Yellow ones are from my LFS and the seller so far did not give me...