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Ah, I see, thanks Colin_T. I have just bought test strips to test for ammonia ( and some others) as per your advice, and cut down on feeds so I will monitor things. After careful consideration I have decided to keep the clown loach and upgrade his life somewhat, i'm going to move to the 120L...

we get spring water out the tap as we're off mains, we don't need a borehole. I could collect rainwater easily if it is preferable ?i would have thought that spring would be a good alternative to mains since there's no chlorine

We're off mains

Hi, thanks again for the information. I'm definitely looking for ways to conserve heat loss so I'll take on some of these suggestions. I have been using spring water which is "soft" but I don't know more than that right now

Hi, i am looking for a good home for a young clown loach but it depends on how big your tank is and whether you can get any mates for him. I'm in S. West Wales so not a million miles

I should add that i'm in the uk so my aquarium water needs heating. The running cost of a tank big enough to house a shoal of clown loach is the main restriction on going to a big enough tank.

Thanks for all the replies. Colin- thanks for the advice on ammonia also, I will take up your offer for IDing the fish etc so I'll get back to you with pictures etc. Yes NickAu kuhli loach looks about right. Is upping the stock i have (not the clown loach ) to the appropriate sized group...

Hi, I have recently joined the forum as very new to tropical fish and looking for some advice, so this is a long post. Tl;dr wanting to swap fish in the Swansea area. I have foolishly bought a complete set up from someone who is downsizing from fish, apparently had been breeding them. I...