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Hey guys! Thanks for the comments :). The background is from my LFS, wouldn't be able to tell you if it's a certain brand or something. It's 5 panels that are glued next to each other. They are made in such a way that a piece overlaps so you can't actually tell where one ends and the next one begins...

Hello everyone! I think about 2 years ago I asked some advice here because I was going to set up a tank. Now the tank has been up and running for I'd say at least 1.5 years and I thought it was time for some pictures! I've been trying to take some decent (not blurry) pictures but I just don't have t...

Update on the plans: After some meauring we decide we're going to make it 2.4 meters long wich is a nice increase and will be a tremendous home for the fish :). Something just crossed my mind though- Apart from the floating plants to dim the light i was planning to put in some of the bigger species ...

Just need to find the right fish ;) I shall be interested in what you choose as I am still looking for the 'right fish' Val I've been trying out the search button a little bit and I read some of the overwhelming amount of topics on clown loaches and I'm really leaning towards some of the middle-siz...

Sounds like you are getting a lot of input regarding the equipment. My concern is with the Sawbwa resplendens. Rather small to be adding to a tank with Clown Loaches. I would look into a larger fish, not much smaller than about 8-10 cm. Hmm the full grown ones i have now are just a tad to big to ge...

Well I'm planning to keep one of my 2 current tanks running as a quarantaine tank. The smallest tank (60x30x30) is in a faaar better state then the larger one (the 1m one is getting really old) so I'd prefer to keep the small one as a quarantaine tank. My idea was: newly bought clowns at my trusted ...

I have been thinking a bit more and it's quite possible to just install the pumps to create the current outside the aquarium, that should at least solve the problem of overheating. Anyway with my fellow house-habitants we decided to go for the striata/clown combination rather then striata/hillie, ju...

About the temperatures - good point. My current tank with the striata and hillies is at 23-24 varying over the day (i use heaters ofc, but i believe that it's a bit healthier to let the temperature vary over a degree or two just as the day goes). What do you think will get the most desireable tank s...

Hello all, I've been planning a new tank for a while now but can definatly use some advice! Let me introduce myself first: I'm Ben from Belgium (so please excuse my grammar) and I currently have 2 freshwater tanks up and running. The biggest one (1m) contains a pack of 8 botia striata, a shoal of 6h...