My clown loach weekend....

[JD_MAN]

This is going to be a scary one for me. I am finally moving all of my loaches from the 180, that they have been in for years, to a 220 that I have recently cleaned up.

The 180 has a bunch of hob filters and the 220 has a 55 gallon sump, so it should be a little better overall. Also, they will be moving from a gravel substrate to a sand bottom. I am in the process of bringing the 220 up to the proper temperature.

At least this will give me a chance to count how many I have...so then I will know how many I can add to the pack.

 

[Lupin]

Cool. And get me 12 pics of your clowns please.

 

[JD_MAN]

Cool. And get me 12 pics of your clowns please.

I am still waiting to see pics of your loaches. The new tank is acrylic, so no more pics of my clowns.

 

[rallysman]

It might be a good idea to bag a bunch of the old nasty gravel and put as much of it as you can in your overflows an sumps. With the way your tank is set up I bet a lot of the **** in the gravel is what keeps it going. Move as much of the old bacteria house as you can. Hell, if you want to keep the water really stable and similar let me know and I'll give you my water change pump so you can just move the old water over. With the amount of drift wood that's in your 180 I imagine there will be a PH difference....

That's going to be a nerve wracking move !

 

[Lupin]

I am still waiting to see pics of your loaches. The new tank is acrylic, so no more pics of my clowns.

LOL..How are these, JD? I have more but I need to find them.

 

[JD_MAN]

I am still trying to figure out how I want to do it. That pump would make it easy to move some of their water over to that tank.

The powerheads with sponges and the driftwood will be moved over about an hour before the loaches make the move.

I think the sponges from the AC110's will all go into the sump for the first week or so. I could also put the xp3 on the sump if I really wanted to.

 

[angeltc]

Nice pics. is that second one an angelicus botia?

 

[Malawi-]

Awesome loaches!

 

[rallysman]

I'd be more concerned with the water from 1 tank being the same as the other. I don't think you'll have much of a problem with bacteria. Usually I don't move any old water, but I'm guessing the new and old tanks have a huge difference in parameters.

 

[JD_MAN]

I'd be more concerned with the water from 1 tank being the same as the other. I don't think you'll have much of a problem with bacteria. Usually I don't move any old water, but I'm guessing the new and old tanks have a huge difference in parameters.

I have no clue....you know me and test kits. lol