Sherlock Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi I am into africans and catfish I have 5 species of Africans and some bristlenose catfish ,and 3 loathes ,I have only been into fish for about 8 months and have just had my first mouthful ,and find fish very interesting and enjoy finding out how to look after them I am from Bouldercombe just outside of Rockhampton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Welcome. Wonna is a Rocky resident up there so he's no longer the only terrible bogan to inhabit these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr73 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Welcome, enjoy the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted April 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Thanks guys for the welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude_753 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 lmao @ Japes Welcome to the forum anyhow The Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo25 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Welcome sherlock, Enjoy and have fun.We all a great bunch!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder87 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 welcome to the forum. hope it helps you as much as its helped me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loachlover Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi Sherlock, Welcome to the forum - It's good to see you have some Loaches. What type are they ?? I hope you dont house them with the Africans as they need totally different water parameters - the main difference is Loaches need a much lower PH (below 7.0) and a low to medium hardness (Gh below 100) They are a peacefull fish that do not like the aggresion of Africans. Cheers Graeme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted April 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi Thanks for the welcome ,the loaches I have are clown loaches I have 3 large ones,,, 1. I've had for about 4 yrs from very small and the other 2 are just a bit smaller than him and I've had them for about 2 yrs ,they live with some angels and other tropicals in a 5ft tank . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titlebound Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Love the loaches.. Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loachlover Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hi Titlebound, Great to see someone else appreciates Loaches too. What Loaches have you got ??? Hi Sherlock, Sounds like your Clowns are happy in the 5 footer and if you have had them for 4 years you certainly know your stuff. How big are the older ones??? I have my eye on 7 15cm Clowns that I am setting up a 8x2.5x2 tank for with 3x1.5x1.5 sump and Eheim 2080 for filtration with pool-filter sand substrate and lots of Anubias and Crypt's on wood. I will have either Rainbows or Rasboras for "Dithers" and 3 or 4 Otto's. I have 5 Botia Kubotai, 4 Botia Almorhae and 4 Botia Rostrata in a 3 footer at the moment with a Eheim 2026. I have had them for 18months and they have grown so much that I plan to set up a 5x2x2 for them and put Khulis and Panda Corys in the 3 footer. I certainly have my work cut out for me but it will be great when it is finished but my wallet will be much lighter - I'm so Lucky to have an "Understanding Wife" who likes fish also. Cheers Graeme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
