Bottom feeder ideas please
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Don't want a pleco as the bio-load and how big it'll get.
Not sure on loaches, will have a look on the compatibility.
Yeah I don't want to raise my pH anymore
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Hi Paul,
A Bristlenose pleco only gets to about 10cm they dont get large like a common pleco.
I also have a L340 Megaclown thats around 12month old now and hes much smaller than the bristlenose in the tank - dont think he'd help with your issue though and he never really scavages around - prefering to just make home on some driftwood although he looks really cool in the odd moments you do see him swimming around!
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A Bristlenose pleco only gets to about 10cm they dont get large like a common pleco.
I also have a L340 Megaclown thats around 12month old now and hes much smaller than the bristlenose in the tank - dont think he'd help with your issue though and he never really scavages around - prefering to just make home on some driftwood although he looks really cool in the odd moments you do see him swimming around!
Lee
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Most (if not all) loaches should be in soft water to do well.
I know you see people who put them in Rift Lake tanks, but they don't get to 40 years old which they should do, and quite often get problems.
They'd also destroy any remaining plants Paul - mine ate everything except Amazon swords.......
I know you see people who put them in Rift Lake tanks, but they don't get to 40 years old which they should do, and quite often get problems.
They'd also destroy any remaining plants Paul - mine ate everything except Amazon swords.......
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Oh, so what are my options then, I was looking at the upside down catfish but how will he clean my sand if he's upside down lolplankton wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:24 am Most (if not all) loaches should be in soft water to do well.
I know you see people who put them in Rift Lake tanks, but they don't get to 40 years old which they should do, and quite often get problems.
They'd also destroy any remaining plants Paul - mine ate everything except Amazon swords.......
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UDCs would be ok, just make sure they are s.nigriventris and not some syno hybrid which may get (much) bigger.
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I refer to my previous answer - loaches are softwater fish and do better in soft water.
They only have the yo-yo markings when they're young, as they grow they darken and the markings are more reticulated.
I wouldn't keep them above 8 dGH, and won't suggest anyone else does.
They only have the yo-yo markings when they're young, as they grow they darken and the markings are more reticulated.
I wouldn't keep them above 8 dGH, and won't suggest anyone else does.
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Have you any experience of these..Marbled Clarias Catfish?plankton wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:59 am I refer to my previous answer - loaches are softwater fish and do better in soft water.
They only have the yo-yo markings when they're young, as they grow they darken and the markings are more reticulated.
I wouldn't keep them above 8 dGH, and won't suggest anyone else does.
Look quite an interesting fish