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by azfishgal
Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:12 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish
Replies: 14
Views: 11909

To address the loaches+cichlid issue: http://community.loaches.com/articles/why-loaches-should-not-be-kept-with-malawi-cichlids That was a very education article. Thanks for sharing. I think I will be giving my loaches to the lfs store, not the big chain, but the store that will give these guys a g...
by azfishgal
Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:27 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish
Replies: 14
Views: 11909

Martin, those are some beautiful fish you got there! In talking with my hubby I think he's actually going for the 125 gallon tank! :D So if I have 5-7 loaches in my tank, what kind of Cichlids can I have? My husband likes Oscars (I think those are Cichlids). I would like to have a variety of fish (c...
by azfishgal
Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:15 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish
Replies: 14
Views: 11909

I definitely fit the description of a customer reading, thinking I was doing the right thing by what the retailer said on the tag, only to find out later it was wrong. :? Makes me question everything else about the fish they sell, so I now know to come to an on-line forum and ask questions first bef...
by azfishgal
Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:49 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish
Replies: 14
Views: 11909

OK, so someone needs to shoot the people at PetsMart that have clown loaches for sale and on the tag it says 10+ gallon. These fish obviously need very large tanks, so I would think they should not be sold at PetsMart at all. :evil: I know, PetsMart is not the best place to get my fish, BUT the near...
by azfishgal
Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:21 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish
Replies: 14
Views: 11909

New to Loaches, but not Tropical Fish

With that said, YES, I should have done a little more research before buying my two little guys. My cory's died and I wanted to add some color to my tank so I decided to get clown loaches. My lfs told me not to get the loaches while I still had the cory's, as the loaches would pick on my cory's. Wel...