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by Pickerel
Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:10 pm
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: 3 clowns died...
Replies: 4
Views: 5913

Hi ClownLoach,
What's your population ?
Water parameters ?
Tank layout ?
Volume ?
How old your clowns are ?
etc...
Sorry for this policeman like abrupt question, but it seems to me that it might be some case of emergency out there.
Cordialement,
Dom
by Pickerel
Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:40 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: after several hours and many cramps...
Replies: 10
Views: 10231

Hi Sophie, Beautifull rocky tank bottom ! (I hope not beeing ambiguous or disrespectful,so if it' s the case, i apologize beforehand...) Could you shoot a wider picture to let us see ? Generaly speaking, yoyos tends to darken under stress conditions, territorial problems, unadaptated water parameter...
by Pickerel
Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:04 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Clown Loach not eating -- HELP!
Replies: 7
Views: 7847

Hi Suya1, Ouch !!! http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/5518/toomuchli0.jpg I' ve searched for some informations about nanotanks, the biggest seam to be 24gal. am i right ? Anyway, it's much too short for your actual population as situation will soon become unbearable for your fishes and for you : wat...
by Pickerel
Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:24 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Clown Loach not eating -- HELP!
Replies: 7
Views: 7847

Hi Suya1, First, sorry for your botia, some of them never reach to get old in a tank. To reply to your question, i keep botias for a year now in a 200L tank. Home-made substrate, Loire river sand, roots, slate stacks, small blue and red rolled coryndons (not much, expensive and quickly kitsch), vall...
by Pickerel
Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:12 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Clown Loach not eating -- HELP!
Replies: 7
Views: 7847

Hi Suya1, When your botia has he been introduced in your tank ? It sometimes takes many days for fishes to become acclimatized. Small specimens can give impression of not eating, though they eats however ; not beeing very demanding in sort and quantity of food, they satify their hunger with almost a...
by Pickerel
Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:16 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Borneo Pleco? I don't think so ..
Replies: 26
Views: 26664

Hi Dev,

Yes, i think your fish is of Beaufortia sort, too.

Technical datas are ok to keep gastromyzon, except for temp wich is a little bit too high.
Ideally, temp should not exceed 24°C to make him comfortable.
One or two big rocks should be suitable,too.

Cordialement,
Dom
by Pickerel
Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:58 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Skinny loach
Replies: 6
Views: 6995

Hi, You give him food, ok, but does he eats ? Have you tried living food ? Frozen food ? Home made food ? I'm in the same trouble actualy with 2 young striatas who refuses anything except from living or frozen food (in fact, they only eats stuffs looking like "real natural food") But they slowly tak...
by Pickerel
Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:57 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Kubotais and snails
Replies: 1
Views: 2665

Hello, Yes, kubotais and widely, botias, are highly specialized in shellfishes and molluscs hunting. But within some limitations. Though they try untiringly, small sized botias cannot kill snails having operculum, like Melanoides tuberculatus. Could your kubotais kill trumpet snails, they all would ...
by Pickerel
Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:24 am
Forum: Loach Forum
Topic: Yo-Yo Loach is mean!
Replies: 4
Views: 6217

First, Hi everyone. I'm a newcomer in loaches.com and as you'll certainly quickly notice, french. So sorry for my poor english, i'll do my best for being understable. Hello Linda, do you mean that you keep a sole yoyo loach ? If these is the case, don't be surprised if he gets aggressive. For every ...