Hi Everyone

[Steve GT]

Hi all im Steve

Just signed up a few days ago thought id introduce myself.

Got a tank 125litre with 10 fish in at the min
2x White Mollies
2x swordtails
2x Koi angel
2x peppered corydora
1x Sucking roach
1x orange marbled plectrum

il get some pics up soon

 

[Clarousel]

Welcome to the forum

 

[catfish4ever]

Welcome "sucking loach"?

 

[Steve GT]

cheers guys. yeah thats what the guy who sold it to me said and he's a professional. might just be his nickname for them he called the corydoras cories so it might just be a loach lol

 

[laura120381]

hi and welcome to the forum!

i suspect your 'sucking loach' will be a chinese algae eater!! i have heard a few people calling them this.

L

 

[Steve GT]

 

[Steve GT]

hi and welcome to the forum!

i suspect your 'sucking loach' will be a chinese algae eater!! i have heard a few people calling them this.

L

Could well be heres a pic of it

What do you think?

 

[laura120381]

hi again steve,

unfortunately i am currently at work and the system blocks me from seeing any pics!! try googling chinese algae eater and even 'sucking loach' and see what the images come up with!!

good luck

L

 

[Steve GT]

hi again steve,

unfortunately i am currently at work and the system blocks me from seeing any pics!! try googling chinese algae eater and even 'sucking loach' and see what the images come up with!!

good luck

L

you are bang on just google images it 2nd pic looks exactly like mine thanks a lot for clearing that up

 

[Malawi MaD]

Nice fish welcome to the forum

 

[Steve GT]

Nice fish welcome to the forum

thanks very much

my swordtail female died this morning i forgot to add it

going to get the water tested tomorrow dont think theres anything wrong with the tank the rest seem fine but better safe than sorry

 

[laura120381]

yeah definitely better to be on the safe side and get your water tested. if you can, you should get your own test kit. i would recommend the liquid test kits as strips are notoriously unreliable! i like the API Master Kit or the Nutrafin Mini Master. you would be able to get these for around £20 and they last for a while. if you get one, use only half the amount of water it tells you to test. this way you only need to use half the number of drops from the test bottles and the ones you use more often (eg ammonia) will last twice as long!!

glad you were able to find a pic of the chinese algae eater. 'sucking loach' is used quite often to describe these!!

L

 

[Blubble37]

3 questions,
what interpet PF is that?

why is the tank only half full?

and why have you got a marbled sailfin plecostomus in a 125 litre tank when it grows to 50cm and will out poop your filter in a minute

 

[catfish4ever]

3 questions,
what interpet PF is that?

why is the tank only half full?

and why have you got a marbled sailfin plecostomus in a 125 litre tank when it grows to 50cm and will out poop your filter in a minute

It's only small and theres always room for a upgrade. but yes. it should have a bigger tank but thats a bit rich coming from me.