Loaches Online Forum

I have built a new light fixture via Rex Greggs suggestion of AH Supply. I now have 110w of 5500K AND 110w of 6700K lighting going into my 75g. I have loaded it with plants and am seeing oxygen bubbles coming off of most of the plant leaves. I am seeing the growth of some green algae and hope that t...

After several weeks of plant decline, they seem to have started a rebirth. I see little bits of new growth in several locations - too bad I let them decline so long. I have since added (2) 19" T2 bulbs and a homebrew co2 factory outputting to a power head for distribution. I bought one co2 test kit ...

The bulbs are 32w each. I have been reading all I can on the internet about lighting and plants and some articles say that lumens are a better measure of light than watts as watts are actually a measure of how much electricity is being used. I have been toying with the idea of getting some T2 or T5 ...

Here's another attempt at posting my images.

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Here is a link to some photos of my tank. It may involve registration which is free to view them. I am not good at this kind of thing so I hope you can see them. http://img210.imageshack.us/slideshow/index.php?create=yes&id=img210/4028/1241048237w14.smil&auth_key=27bffb955fc9dffd8f3abc3bc4918c39&pub...

My tank has stabilized out as far as fish are concerned. I'm probably overstocked but all the fish seem healthy and active. I am now trying to get good plant growth and seem to be in a constant plant deterioration mode - stunted growth, yellowing or lightening leaves and dying leaves and branches. I...

I found an old Whisper 3 that I had retired and put it back into service. I now have an Eheim Pro 2 canister, an Aquaclear 110 and the Whisper working in the same tank. I can't imagine any more filtration would be needed. I will continue to monitor conditions and measurable characteristics with a lo...

I will keep a close eye on my tank and be careful not to overfeed. If necessary I will add a second Eheim Pro 2. I haven't discussed my plants in detail but I have a dozen of jungle val, corkscrew val, "regular" val, a few crypts, water sprite, two amazon swords, one melon sword and a gymnochromis. ...

Diana, thanks for hanging in there with me. I did test my tap water with a test strip (the store owner gave me two strips and told me to test my tap water and then the tank water after my next water change) so the results are equivalent for comparisons. I like the strips but you are supposed to read...

Thank you all for your timely replies. I lost the loach which was breathing rapidly but the remaining 13 look very good. All current inhabitants of the tank look good also. I did a 25% water change tonight and then tested my water again. I used a 5-in-1 test strip provided by the unique fish store o...

First let me say that your forum is excellent and perhaps if I read more I wouldn't be having the problems I am experiencing. I am a near-senior citizen and should have known better as I have had aquaria for over 40 years off and on. Ok, let's get to it. There is lot to this story so please hang in ...

My wife and I each have our own 55 gal tanks which are overloaded with fish. Wife's tank has 31 smaller clowns - 1/1/2" to 3", (2) 4-5" blue botias and (1) 4-1/2" red-tailed shark, (1) 3-1/2" rainbow shark, (3) long fin rosy barbs and 3 pepper corys. Everything was great until we added the blue boti...