180CM Tank update

[torque6]

very nice scape Chin well done.

[4 Season]

Nice tank with all the good effort on your focus piece of wood.

Cheers!

[chinhl]

Dear all,

Busy with project recently, and working like cow over weekend. Anyway, when see my baby and fish tank, feel much better.
Got a few question would like to ask expert here:

1. I have been trying to put in Yamato, at least 50 of them. All gone, really puzzel me as I didn't see any "body" yet.

2. Algea is still growing, and needed to clean the screen weeky. If the plant grow more, would Algea gone as well. Really amuse me when see those tank with crystal clean water and almost no algea tank. Really " Tok Kong" those expert that can maintain the fish tank so well.

3. Is my tank over fill with too many fish? Ummm.. I listed those fish in my last comment. If so, I would really think to move out some.


Looking forward to hear from you all. Will try to bring in more update picture later on.

[dwgi32]

Maybe your Yamoto have been eaten by your fishes

[Mizu World]

You can try looking at your Yamato Shrimps a few hours after lights are off. Most probably, they are hiding from your Angel Fish and won't come out unless it's dark.

[khtee]

with touchlight

You can try looking at your Yamato Shrimps a few hours after lights are off. Most probably, they are hiding from your Angel Fish and won't come out unless it's dark.

[chinhl]

Dear all,


I have tried to look for them in the morning when first turn on the light, they are all gone....


Is that ok to not have any shrimp in the tank? any other alternative fish to put in to take over shrimp work?

[Verminator]

If you had shrimps to rid your tank of algae then otto's are a good alternative. But if you have boisterous fish then these may recieve a beating aswell. I had 4 ottos in my Jack Dempsey tank and although i lost 3 in a month the last one swims freely around them, occasionally being chased but never bitten or killed. My Dempseys are rather boisterous aswell, but he lives on.

[chinhl]

Dear all,

I think I will put in more Yamato, and see how is the status. Anyway, those hungry Crown Loach might take them as another good meal again.


Crown Loach is a good algea taker, but donno will take Yamato their meal list or not?

[Verminator]

By "crown loach" do you mean "clown loach"?, if so they arent good algae eaters in the slightest. If yours are then your very fortunate.

[chinhl]

Dear all,

Heard people said Crown Loach is a good black algea eater, that is why put in 5 of them. Now, they seem to be interested in all the fish inside the tank as their meal.... ai... thinking a way to take them out of the tank. However, the tank seem to big and really impossible to catch them.

[dominik]

l use a 2l plastic bottle, cut the top part, invert it and insert it back to the bottle. made small holes so that water can fill it up when put into water. put some food into the bottle, left it overnight and fishes will be trapped within.

[Verminator]

Dear all,

Heard people said Crown Loach is a good black algea eater, that is why put in 5 of them. Now, they seem to be interested in all the fish inside the tank as their meal.... ai... thinking a way to take them out of the tank. However, the tank seem to big and really impossible to catch them.

Am i the only person who seems confused by which fish your on about? Clown loach are herbivorous. Not predatory. They won't eat small fish, not even baby fish Do you have a scientific name for the fish your on about; Botia macracanthus perhaps? They are gentle giants, more playful and placid than boisterous and nippy.

[adeguay]

Dear all,

Heard people said Crown Loach is a good black algea eater, that is why put in 5 of them. Now, they seem to be interested in all the fish inside the tank as their meal.... ai... thinking a way to take them out of the tank. However, the tank seem to big and really impossible to catch them.

You can blast your CO2 till all fish swimming on top of the tank grapping for air. by then it will be easy for you to catch the fish you don't want.
Maybe you also can find your yamato coming out.
Be careful on this method, if too much Co2, it will wipe out all your fish inculding the unwanted snail.

[chinhl]

Crown LLoach scientific name is Chromobotia macracanthus.

[Verminator]

Quoted from www.loaches.com

"Scientific name:Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
Common name: Clown Loach
Synonyms: Botia macracantha, Cobitis macracanthus, Chromobotia macracanthus"

Your repeated use of the word "crown loach" suggest thats how you know them as. I've never heard them referred to in such a way. The "clown loach" i'm thinking of is apparently the same fish Their scientific name has changed as i'm currently reading in a practicalfishkeeping.com article.

Still i havnt heard of them being avid algae eaters in the slightest. Mine are absolutely useless. they eat every plant in my tank, even my anubias, lobelia, java ferns and rotala. I know they're herbivorous but they take it to the extreme in my tank. Who told you they eat algae? I've never heard or been told such things and i believe you were miss-informed on that matter.

As for catching them, they are quite hard to catch. I have 4 of them in my 180 litre tank and when it comes to catching them i've devised a little technique, i'll share with you I hand feed all my fish, i hold the food in and they eat out my hand And when they come near i scoop them up with a net. That may be of no help to you if yours arent hand tamed, but for me it works a treat.