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Prime is well known for giving incorrect and occasionally absurd readings for ammonia, see here; http://www.seachem.com/support/FAQs/Prime_faq.html I would have thought that with the continued use of prime you should be fine, maybe up your water changes a little in the mean time.... Oh, just in addi...

Another good tip is to have a household fan blowing on to your waters surface. As well as cooling the water slightly it'll also disturb the surface a little increasing the waters oxygen uptake.

Sorry, i may have missed it, whats your PH?
Has it come down anymore?

Could it be that you have Old tank syndrome, as mentioned in an recent post? What you have mentioned so far is pretty much in line with OTS, has your PH dropped any further today? I think ammonia reduces in toxicity with PH but i'm fairly sure its only at its most non-toxic at a PH of 5.5 or below.....

Thanks on the behalf of my loach, i'll post some better pics when he/she re-emerges, i'd love to be sure.

Aren't limestone and calcium carbonate basically very similar?
If so try making a paste using biological washing powder...
Leave it for an hour or two then remove through normal wiping and lots of water. Should clear it up, or so i heard..

His/her underside.

Do they help?
Or not....

Got a view from either side, but he/her refused to go on the glass... I'll add when he/she is willing. Not the greatest shots but could be zoomed into if saved to your own computer... In a rush, agh, ta! http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/germ24geebee/loachID2.jpg http://i207.photobucket.com/a...

Germ for short, someone else had got it, probably me after a few beers... Anyhow the loach isn't being very helpful not seen him/her all day (got a few vids of the others though) so i'll post back when he/she gets active. Tends to hide out for about 48hrs at a time and then has a flurry of activity....

Yep, if i can get him/her to hold still for long enough.
Any particular area that'll increase the chances of an id?
Rostrum, whats a rostrum?
Pardon my ignorance.

I noticed that the head markings in particular looked more linear than round as they appear to be in the picture i found on this site under zebrinus... Dunno? (look at me! trying to be clever :D ). Aside from the sinogastromyzon requiring a less algae based diet than the others, and basic hillie car...

Many thanks Jim.

Sorry when it comes to id'ing species i'm awful and simply not knowledable enough. Any help would be much appreciated. I think the last 3 are beaufortia kweiochensis and thats as far as i've got.... Although the last of the 3 doesn't have such a dark border around its finnage. http://i207.photobucke...

Hmm... The 20 gall tank (my minnows are there temporarily) is highly filtered, external canister for a 40 gal and internal canister for a 30gal but its the one rock sheltered from water movement. It was setup after a fair bit of research, specifically aimed at hillstream loaches. I suppose you guys ...

New to the forum. Hello loach lovers etc.Currently have a hillstream loach tank correctly set up with 3 gastromyzon and 6 kweichowsis(sorry, can't remember the spelling), few mountain minnows and a true flying fox. My gastromyzon as you'd expect an stick to their favourite rocks like glue and lose t...