Re: Upsizing to 3ft tank... help needed
If I were you, I'd
Get a 4FT or even a 5FT tank with a sump filter. A sump filter has bigger filtration capacity to manage heavy bioloads. Clown loach do outgrow 3ft tanks.
Turn on the lights. Clown loach are not afraid of the light. They just need some time to get used to it. Get some hiding place for them incase they feel like it. There is no point having a dark gloomy tank where you can't see the fish properly anyway.
Once the lights are turned on, get some Java fern tied on driftwood. These are quite clown loach proof.
A thin layer of fine sand they use for cory tanks is enough. You do not need to vaccum every spot, just whatever bothers you. And so it carefully. There rest can be taken care of by the waterflow and constant poking by the bottom feeders.
Suckerfish no eat poo poo.
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