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Yeah, I thought it seemed a lot. It's usually pretty good for "swimming fish" if that makes sense but it doesn't seem to appreciate that for bottom dwellers the "floor space" is more important.

How many would you recommend in a 2' tank? Aqadvisor says I could fit in 6 happily with a shoal of minnows too but I feel that is too many. Would 4 be ok? Or is aqadvisor correct and I could have 6?

Is sand better for these loaches than gravel? I am concerned that the flow would cause the sand to move around, what are your experiences?

Oh I was not intending on having neons in there as well, the point is they don't like my water and 2 have mysteriously died in the last month, so basically I've decided not to replace them because it's better to redesign the tank and get a species more suited to my water (pH 8, hard) and I find hill...

After discussing with people on my tropical fish forum, I've re-planned for a river manifold with one intake and one powerhead. I have some questions about the set up though. 1) does the system require any extra filtration other than the sponges on the manifold? This is not clear from the article. I...

Additionally, I've been researching the river manifold and I think I could create a mini one if people think it will work, could I do one with one powerhead? It would make things cheaper and in a small tank I think that two powerheads is not really necessary (I would still be using a powerhead big e...

What temperature do you keep the tank at? I have read that bamboo shrimp need higher temps than hillstream loaches

Hello :) I am new to the forum and relatively new to fish keeping, although we always had fish when I was a kid I've only been keeping fish in my own right (and my own budget) for the past year. I understand the science that goes with it thanks to A levels in Biology and Chemistry, so it's getting i...