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Ok i am accepting what you are saying and these will be addressed but i am wanting to treat my clown loach at the moment to save them. The tank is a a quater circle and not a skinny 40 gallon tank - As said i will take your advice and will get the fish moved into a larger environemnt

Yeah its a 190 litres so yes around 40 gallons - i had the plec at 5 inches he has grown to a ft in the last few years and seems to be about the same for the last 6 months - yes the tank does get dirty and so i vacuum it regularly - I will take your advice and get liquid tests for all parameters...

The LFS tested my water at the back end of last month - jan 20th i get one done quarterly and they seem to confirm the tests i do, however, they usually show a slightly higher level but not significantly I vacuum the gravel once a week thoroughly and do a water change that usually ends up being...

The poo is a medium brown colour - i feed some blood worm and a few peas + flake I use tetra 6 in 1 test kit Sorry nitrate reading is showing a low value around 1 - very pale pink on the test strip. (Tap water does give a low reading too) I was told the salt was good for the plecs i put in 1...

I have - 1 large common plec around a foot long 4 bristle nose plecs 1 L number plec 1 Dennison barb 2 black widow tetra 1 Shark 1 Golden Panchax and 6 clown loach The clown loach all appear to be fit and healthy - foeces no...

To add The tank is a trigon 190 - fully established for 4 years - although had a huge fish kill last april that was eventually sorted by my LFS in June 09 - only one fish survived. No problems since then. I have bog wood in the tank - with gravel and a compact H filter that coems with the jewel...

Hello, Over the last 3 days i have noticed that my some of my shoal of clown loach have shown signs of what i would descrtibe as paralysis of the back half of the fish. They swim around with the pecs and have what appears to be a slightly arched back. There is some inbalance to the fish and...

hi, yes sorry forgot to say media was also added, bacteria well developed in that tank. No chlorine in water whatsoever - got the 6 in 1 test by tetra and liquid tests The LFS said it could be an internal bacterial infection that was treated then waste from the fish lying on the bottom, (which...

Hi guys, new to the forum. Hope someone can help me, i have reached a dead end in my knowledge and that of the local tropical suppliers. I introduced 3 khuli loach from a different supplier from my usual had them in a quarentine tank for a week all fine introduced into tank (3 1/2 months ago)...