Recent content by vthokie

Hello- Please see my previous posts for tank info. I have two new clown loaches, and one looks sick and like it has some sort of disease. When I feed them they fight over the sinking pellets. See links for pics! Pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4 pic 4 is of the healthy clown loach (it is slighty...

I will take a copule of pics and post them later. Thanks again for your help Wilder.

Wasn't aware that they needed a larger tank. I know a few people who keep clown loaches with a tank smaller than mine! I know that they prefer to school and it's good to have 5 or more. The clown loaches will rub against each other at times, and I have also seen the rainbow fish do the same...

Hello all, I have a few issues. 1. I bought (2) clown loaches yesterday afternoon. One seems fine, spending most of his time hiding in the foilage and the log. The other immediately "sat" on the log after I introduced him to the tank and continued to rest on his side for 1-2 hours. I...

Holy overloaded tank batman!

Thanks for all of your help!

I also noticed that in one oif your posts you say that a darkening in color is a sign of bacterial infection. The fish turned from a silver to mid-grey almost instantly after death.

Thanks for the reply. The "bull shark" is also called a black-fin catfish. I have been progressively losing fish (2 blue fin tetras developed swollen guts and became listless..eventually died) I have a strip tank tester, and I just did a cleaning with a siphon (50% of the water). The...

Hello all, I have 5, now 4, Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox) in a 29 gallon tank with 3 blue-tail tetra, a bull shark, a pleco, a betta, and a dwarf gourami. I have a hanging power filter (with bio), heater, and all the usual treatments. My water is very hard and the pH is >8. I have had...