My clown loach weekend....

[Lupin]

Nice pics. is that second one an angelicus botia?

I have angelicus loach but no pics.lol What you saw is a gravid female yoyo loach (Botia almorhae).

 

[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.

Now you have me worried.

I don't think that I did anything when I moved them from the 55 to the 180, though they were much smaller back then.

 

[angeltc]

I have angelicus loach but no pics.lol What you saw is a gravid female yoyo loach (Botia almorhae).

Oh i have 3 yoyos, how big do they get and how do u sex them?

 

[RedDevilDon2005]

there are like 2 different conversations here, lol. personally, they way i do it is take as much water from the old tank, and transfer it to the new.

 

[Lupin]

Oh i have 3 yoyos, how big do they get and how do u sex them?

Visitor's message sent in your profile as we'll only derail the topic.

 

[ewurm]

That's great Bret. You'll really like the sand substrate.

 

[Mr Pleco]

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.

Good luck, I hope you have better luck then I did when I moved my pack!

 

[ewurm]

Put the media from the HOB's in the sump.

 

[JD_MAN]

Put the media from the HOB's in the sump.

Yep. That's what I think I will do. I might move some of the other fish over tonight and all of the loaches tomorrow.

 

[rallysman]

if you put a lot of the loaches into a bucket it might be worth dripping some new water into the old.