Recent content by The-Raven

well i used to own a clown loach that people used to tell me it won't get too big in a 55, and some people wanted to burn me at the stake - so I caved in and just returned it... I'd rather avoid being flamed like crazy everytime i post a pic of my set up and people see the blue botia... The...

the yo-yo loach (botia lohachata) seems to stay pretty small and people are posting that it solves snail problems pretty well... does anybody else have opinions on them? almost every place online i find a profile of it says it's 10-12", comparable to clowns... and I wouldn't get it since I...

by blue loach i'm assuming you're talking about botia modesta - aka 'redtail botia', the one that kinda looks like a rainbow shark.... won't they get too big for my tank as well?

So I've discovered that I have a snail outbreak in my freshwater tank, and going in there every week or so and crushing them all isn't something practical... So my only option is getting some sort of fish that will clear up the problem for me... Some people have mentioned loaches to me, but...

What's that? A new substrate? Yeah, I went to a black sand, i like it soooo much better, and so will all my cories. I also added a piece of driftwood that i've had spare since my african cichlid tank a long long time ago, my candystripe pleco seems to enjoy hanging out on it.... The cory...

nice stonehenge - hope it's stable heh

i am RIGHT now working on my tank, and will update it later tonight with pictures - i think most people will approve of what I've done - and my new friends

the 'rot' that you're seeing is brown algae and i can wipe it off with my finger, the plants have actually been growing pretty well, and are the only species I've had in my tank NOT die off yet... they may not be aquatic, but they certainly aren't acting that way in my tank - so far... I'll...

he still has them all. and as for his friends, he's the only one of his friends to make it - going to be getting a bunch more by the end of the week, so he won't be alone for long

haha, i'm almost worried what you mean by 'weird stuff'

yeah i was worried about that for a while too - but he seems to be doing alright with it so far

definitely not it, there's no spiral look to it - i'd bet good money on it being a bladder/tadpole

can anyone suggest a fish that might help get rid of this pest snail?

fish can be sick, to answer your question. as for the diagnosis, i have no clue

Java moss seems like a good idea... it won't make the buildings look like they're just overgrown by algae though, will it? and will my algae eaters devour it?