JoshuaA
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MHHH, RIGHT
The Ich wasnt present when I bought the rest
Sooooooo.... with a big tank like that overstocked as it is, you didn't think about quarantining the additional fish you bought on a whim? Introduced them into an overstocked environment and then had an outbreak of Ich which was preventable on two occasions
1) Not buying them
2) Quarantining
I cant stop thinking about the costs of maintaining an external filter , its too complicated and high maintainence and the carbon stuff and all that
The day in which I need a new tank I will sell my Clown Loaches.
That really just sounds like a lazy man excuse, correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't your interal filter have carbon as well? An external filter needs just as much "Maintaining" as an internal, if you really did enjoy and like the fish you would at least alleviate the stress they must be under in that over stocked tank. To claim an external filter is too complicated and high maintenance but then to say you will re-home the clown Loaches leads me to beleive you won't do it, setting up a completely new tank would be more complicated than installing an external filter and turning it on.
For the moment its fine. Everyone gets so stressed about Clown Loaches in 'Small Tanks', I wish people stopped all that.
I'm sorry... It's not fine, you over stocked and you bought fish on a whim and thus introduced Ich by being ill prepared you then are claiming you'll buy a new tank when they get bigger yet are refusing to purchase an external filter to help cope with the overstocking. You came to this forum for advice yet you seem to blatantly ignore it especially when it comes to these clown loaches and claiming "everyone gets so stressed", believe me you'll be the one stressed when a certain faecal matter hits a rotating bladed device.
I honestly think the advice is going on deaf ears here and you will just continue with what you want to do whether or not someone advises you differently.
A little strong on my approach but I think it's necessary to iterate the points to him/her









