Welcome new members! Show us your tanks!!

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

I've noticed new members cropping up lately! Show us your tanks! Let us know what you have. And WELCOME!! :welcome!: :welcome!:

 

[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Hello ShortyKiloGyrl here is my tank. This is a tanganyika community tank that houses ophthalmotilapia boops kipili (male with blue streak blk body) females and non dominant males are silver/gray) 2 leleupi, 1 orange compressicep, 1 kipili compressicep, 1 tanganyika killi ( had a colony of ten and this is my lone survivor) 5 synodontis polli, 1 masked chalinochromis, 5 callochromis and thousands of irritating snails!


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[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

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[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Looks great! Those yellow ones really stand out! Is there a loach yiu could add? Yoyo? To help with the snails?

 

[flamechica]

Nice looking tank! I agree with Shorty on the loach suggestion. I call my yoyo loach Fatty Mc Fat Fat, because he won't stop eating until he finds all the snails. This also applies to any food I put in the tank, so I have to be especially vigilant in making sure not to overfeed, otherwise he will bloat up like a balloon and sink to the bottom of the tank and sit there until his little tummy can digest all of it. They are kinda like cories in that they prefer to be in groups. I only have one right now, as I bought him to eradicate a snail problem in a 7g tank, but plan on moving him to a bigger tank very soon. He has been fine by himself the past few months though. Now, all new plants go in his tank first for a few days so he can decimate any snails that may be in the plants, then I put them in whatever tank I got the plants for.

 

[Madness]

How about the rest of you new members? Dont be shy, show us your tanks, tell us about what you have and what you keep. Some of you seem to want to express your opinion on the rating of the stores, but that is it. So stop being shy, and show us your setups.

 

[Betty]

Looks good, tanganyikan_fin_friend. Is there much aggression?

 

[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Hello all, thank you for the compliments, not much aggression amongst the most of the fish (callochromis and dominant male boopschasing females to spawn) synodontis are aggressive towards another, I haven't tried to yo loaches because I was told the ph in my tank was too high for loaches (by local pet shops)


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[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Flamechica, you've got some good advice on fatty Mac Mac and his specialized "exterminator " strengths...I actually bought assassin snails to help with the Malaysian trumpet snails but they withered away one by one then I bought the callochromis because I was told that they naturally eat snails in the wild but haven't put a dent in my snail population crazy ain't it??


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[L190]

How big are the leleupi? I heard they can be aggressive to other fish. Was thinking of getting some since they are super colorful but heard more horror stories then good ones so I got some julies instead

 

[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Hi L190, so the leleupi I've had are aggressive in smaller tanks (like when I housed them in a 55 gal) but most of the time they will chase, nothing major probably just minor territorial disputes and then they go their own way after flaring up, fun to watch them zoom all over the tank..catfish fights are the best!


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[ShortyKiloGyrl]

How about the rest of you new members? Dont be shy, show us your tanks, tell us about what you have and what you keep. Some of you seem to want to express your opinion on the rating of the stores, but that is it. So stop being shy, and show us your setups.

I'm with Madness here! Let's see some set ups!!

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Hello all, thank you for the compliments, not much aggression amongst the most of the fish (callochromis and dominant male boopschasing females to spawn) synodontis are aggressive towards another, I haven't tried to yo loaches because I was told the ph in my tank was too high for loaches (by local pet shops)


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I've read that if acclimated slowly they can live fine in higher pH ranges if the nitrates, nitrites and ammonia are kept in check.

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Just found this: "The water chemistry for most loaches is fairly broad, and are not too fussy about what they are kept in, provided they have been slowly acclimated to it over a period of time. Extremes of pH, general hardness, carbonate hardness, etc, should be avoided. Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are all toxic to fish in varying concentrations. Ammonia and nitrite should particularly be avoided at all costs – any measurable amount of these, and the underlying causes should be immediately investigated."

http://www.loaches.com/care/the-loach-almanac

 

[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Hmmmm I guess I need to dig a little deeper and do more reaching, attendants at local shops (like midway, blue Sierra ) told me that ph would be too high...but I will try that acclimating method...about how long do you think it would take a yo yo to acclimate to a ph of 8.5?


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[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Excellent find!


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[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Madness could probably pop in on that one.

 

[tanganyikan_fin_friend]

Interesting fact I did find that the most colorful loach grows beyond a foot in length and needs to be kept in shoals...well that settles the idea of clown loaches in my tanks ....


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[ShortyKiloGyrl]

A yoyo loaches high pH is 6.5 to 7.5 so 8.5 is high but I wouldn't say it is out of the field completely for a fish. Now if it was a fish that required a high of 6.5 I would say 8.5 would probably be hard on them. And their preferred temperature is 76-82 if that helps any. Yoyo loaches get to be about 6" in length and do suggest a group.

 

[Madness]

To be honest, yes they can eventually acclimate. But I tend to lean the other direction and keep them in their comfortable condition range. And you are correct, loaches need to be in groups.