Recent content by ReproachfulLoach

I posted here a while ago about planning to redesign my tank and I finally got through it. Decided to put together a long, long post telling about this entire experience. I will go step by step, share some lessons learnt and share the rough budget. Hope at some point this post is helpful to...

Preparing for a big redesign tomorrow. Yes, those are nylon socks filled with sand. I’ll be using them to weight the driftwood.

I’m using this Juwel Smart Feed. Won’t work for small tanks because the smallest portion is substantial, but for a bigger tank it gives you a lot of flexibility. Freely available in Central Europe.

Thank you! This weekend is going to be fun and the fish are going to hate me, but I am determined!

Good point, it could totally contribute. I would say the main reason was that the soil absorbed oxygen, because all the gill-breathing fish were struggling to breathe, but gouramis and corys were perfectly fine. Anyways, this was something completely unexpected. I will be careful with the...

Thanks! That is a good point. I'll use my "old" water for the large plastic container where I'll put the fish. I guess if I let the dust settle, I can get away with keeping most of my water. I am keeping their current ceramic houses. They do not look fancy, but the fish seem to like them and I...

Hi all! Posted here a while ago that I was looking for ideas for my 350L tank with 5 clown loaches (this thread). Had a hard time finding the aquascapers who did not tell me to get rid of the loaches as step 1. So, I finally find the contractors, they do an assessment visit (for which I paid, of...

Yes, that's what I noticed as well: once the roots have grown enough, vallisneria or amazon swords can easily survive the digging. Younger plants, however, not so much: RIP a ton of expensive tissue cultures I tried to introduce during the first year. Your tank looks very neat, I love the...

Thanks, will try those. They do not really eat the plants, but they tend do break or dig out tender plants when they are picking up pellets. And also, 13 7-inch loaches. Wow.

This looks amazing. I love all the roots, so many nooks for the loaches. And it looks like gouramis and barbs woud have fun in it too. Great setup! Thanks for the advice: rizome pants sound like a good option. I am considering replacing my weird sand/substrate mix with just sand or small...

Hi all! This month I officially surrendered in my fight with black beard algae and dying plants, and decided to ask for professional help to make something out of my 350L tank. The core of my tank (and the reason why I even got into this messy business) are five clown loaches. The biggest and...

Finger-sized (index to pinky) clowns eventually ate everyone, including beautiful huge nerites that I thought were too big for them. Idk how they did it, probably as a joint effort.

She looks awesome! I once heard one of my smaller loaches click at the dominant blue gourami male who tried to chase the loach away from the nesting corner (they are same size now, but normally the gourami only chases his females and ignores all other fish). It was not during a feeding time, so...

Wow, I'll watch my other fish, this is interesting. I also feed pest snails, looks like I may need more soon!

Have you ever noticed your clowns doing some not-so-typically fish things? I now have three clowns in a tank together with a bunch of barbs, gouramis and corydoras - all pretty assertive folks. So feeding times are always a mess of very active fish grabbing their wafers and pushing each other...