Recent content by PlecMama

Thank for replying, yeah I change the water on a good schedule. We lost Mr Fish this afternoon, only Plecto left now and he's going mad swimming all over looking for them, I found him sitting in the cave with Mr Fish's body :( I'm just going to change the water again since we've had another...

Last night my striped rafael was swimming freely, which isn't really like him, I thought he was hunting but it was odd because he usually does that at night, this morning it was clear Somethings gone horribly wrong, two dead clown loaches, the raf is on his side/back gasping and it was just...

My old girl Gena use to bark up the stairs and then follow whom ever it was to the couch and wag her tail and act like she was playing with someone, I was never worried because I inherited Gena when the old boy next door died. His family, who never ever came to see him, wanted everything but his...

I have two black Labs, one is a completely normal black Lab, sane and sturdy and sensible, while the other we joke is an alien robot made to look like a dog but really sent to observe us. She's really quite-out there. Dallas Grace loves anything to eat, anything at all, cheese, carrots, cake...

Kinda concerned that he bit you hard enough to require disinfecting - we had cats for decades and none of them ever bit and drew blood, not even by "accident", scratched yes, but my one bite came from a psycho ginger that started prowling our area. I don't think I'd leave it in with my kid. :(

In all honesty, I rarely put the light on, only so I can see them if I am working in the kitchen and think to (the tank lives on the kitchen counter, we have a wall mounted boiler so the counter underneath is not really good for much else) but I was much more concerned that they weren't eating...

Oooh - well I get it now, they're eating my snails, lol. I went down a minute ago and the biggest of them has a trumpet snail in his mouth, I was worried for a minute that he'd got it stuck but he put it down and moved it about to get a better grip (presumably) over the "shell hole" ewww. When...

The plec should be bigger too, but I don't think I can undo 8 years of small tanks :( I've had them now a month easily I reckon. I have two caves, a holey rock and three plants in the tank as well as a big bit of bogwood, plenty of room, but I did clear a place at the front and they come out...

Same size as mine, but I'm loathed to run two, I got a bit fish happy several years ago (you know how that happens) and had loads of them, loads of fish, ended up with a six foot tank in the living room, spent my whole life taking care of fish, feeding fish, cleaning tanks etc...then I sold the...

Ely !

I have rescued three clown loaches as part of an established tank that had to go from it's previous owner. According to the previous owner they are about 8 years old though they are different sizes, the largest being about 6 inches, the other two about 4. My problem with my clowns is that they...

I've had a look at the boards and can't immediately see one, did a search and they come up under loads of boards, but is there a loach specific board here? I'll post my question there if there is, thanks :) . . . . Oh it's ok, I found it, lol thanks anyway xxxx

Just a little update, my Striped Raphael (one remaining fish) is doing great, in fact, as the sole occupant of the tank, he's out and about all the time, swims up when he sees you, follows you along the glass if you put your finger up to him, he seems really friendly now, whereas before he never...

Just a quicky....Raph is doing ok today, I fear saying anymore, you know how that goes, you just say they look great and the next morning find them fins up, but suffice to say, no change is a good thing. Swimming and eating....and hoping.

Unfortunately, it was a heater freak-out, not a break down - it must have been closer 35-40*c when it went up the wall, shocking. I know it was hot because it actually felt hot to your hand, you know? I saw floating bodies and put my hand on the tank expecting it to be stone-cold, and the...