chris b
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your welcome
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mine are fine with each other and i have had the chains from very little and the big clowns are around 20cm
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If it were me id just buy fish that live in water that is close to my tap water way less stress makes water changes a breeze :cofn:
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In that setup? Yuk!
they are the coolest fish imo so much attitude i no its the wrong setup but david said on mfk he was thinking about adding some and i agree
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very cool set up and i vote for clown loaches (i read mfk) :slfg:
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R32GOTMLK I would love to see some photos of your clown loaches sounds impressive. sorry to hi jack the thread ameila
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Hi i have a rainbow shark in with my loaches they don't bother each other but they do have 1200L to avoid each other in. Really depends on the attitude of the fish sometime u get a angry fish for no reason. as for algae it does nibble on bba but doesn't do anywhere near as gooder job as ugly old chinese algae eaters
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Tryed but had no luck.
If you manage to pull it off put me down for 10 :-D
I've got a big fat female full of eggs if anyone wants to try breed them.
I'm willing to sell pm me if anyone keen also have a smaller male that i would like to go with her
cheers chris
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wouldn't the water level rise? the fish would absorb and drink some of the water but the solid parts of the fish will displace some volume. So if your tank was full and you added a fish it would over flow.
Your looking at it different to what i'm trying to figger out. "So if your tank was full and you added a fish it would over flow" yes but not what i'm getting at sorry
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thanks team i think i understand now much appreciated
cheers chris
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You are correct. The water the the fish absorbs stays as water and doesnt change.
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My brother and i have had a discussion he thinks if I had a fish tank full of water and 1 fish the water level would drop because the fish would drink or absorbs the water turning the water into energy and energy evaporating thus dropping the water level.
I thought the fish in the tank would absorb the water using it in its system and pissing it back into the tank and the water level would never change not including evaporation.
Can anyone tell me if either of us is correct?
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Id be taking some water into your lfs and getting them to test it for you. surly it should of cycled by now :-?
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Do you no anyone near you with an established tank and a filter you could borrow (just the filter)? that will quick fix your cycling problems (if that's the problem). I also have a uv light on my filters which i flick on as soon as i see any iffy fish
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If I were you I would do yet another large water change 60%+ and double check ammonia and add extra aeration into the tank.
+1
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any pics?
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In english that translates to partial water changers are good (use water conditioner so you dont kill your bacteria)
Salt is good as it will aid in your fish coping with ammonia poisoning. Dropping the temp a little will also help as it will shift the ammonia/ammonium to be less toxic.
she has just raised the temp for the clown loaches and salt isn't good with them anyway. it will be going through a cycling still do frequent little water changes keep an eye on parameters and it should come right
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that's excellent glad we could help :happy1:
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make sure its flourish excel and yes works a treat ,it doesn't actually say it treats bba on the bottle but it sure does :thup:
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Thats all ok then. I run my loach tank at 29 degrees i find them much more active in the higher end of temp range (be careful what your other fish can handle though). Clown loaches can grow to 12 inch's and will need a larger tank as they grow but they do take AGES!!
as David R said a pic of the actual fish would help
check out loaches online all you ever need to no about loaches is on there
my money is still on there hierarchy though
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They will be sorting out the hierarchy most likely, mine are always at it.
If one isn't getting food try feeding at both ends so the boss gets distracted
and try provide more hiding places.
just in case check your water conditions.
I presume its a cycled tank?
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ya can still get them but $50 a fish pretty steep
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hahaha yea i always spell it like that
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Thanks team :thup: its a shame we cant get them in they are a nice fish, is that what redwoods has in one of there display tanks with the angle fish?
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i have a 4wd and head up any river after a flood they are usually covered in wood i also got a permit from environment Canterbury (it dosnt cost) and then you can take a chain saw and cut as much up as u like.I use it to get fire wood and then if i stumble across something for the tank just chop it out and chuck it in the truck easy