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[Wilkey]

Just saying hi.

I also wanted to know the opinions of the following stores.

FishLand
13155 Westhiemer

T&T Tropical Fish & Reptile
6862 Hwy 6 S

Aquarium World
13157 NWFwy

Aquarium Environments Inc
2414 Tangley

Trying to find a good place for some freshwater fish. I found these via yahoo yellowpages.

I looked at Aquarium Environments web site, and they look like they had an excellent selection. Any info on this would be very helpful.

I live out in Katy.

 

[Narkon'n'more]

Hello,

Don't worry, stick around here for very long
and you will turn to the salt lick.

The only one I have been to is T&T, nice clean, didn't look at the FW very much before moving over to the salt for I no long have a FW tank.

Raised FW for 16 years, what kind of tank you setting up for.
10 gal, wouldn't really suggest going cichlids. :wink:
A school of clown loaches would be good. Along with some
rummy noses (always keep an odd number in the school)*.


*The reason I say this, when I had school of Rummies, I would buy
and even number of them, bring them home and one would die. So had odd number, then as time goes buy, one would die, soon after another would, then the odd number of them would last for quite some time before it would happen again. A school of 25 looks so nice in a tank.

Of course I think the prices around here are to high compared to Louisiana.

Later

 

[Wilkey]

Hello,

Don't worry, stick around here for very long
and you will turn to the salt lick.

The only one I have been to is T&T, nice clean, didn't look at the FW very much before moving over to the salt for I no long have a FW tank.

Raised FW for 16 years, what kind of tank you setting up for.
10 gal, wouldn't really suggest going cichlids. :wink:
A school of clown loaches would be good. Along with some
rummy noses (always keep an odd number in the school)*.


*The reason I say this, when I had school of Rummies, I would buy
and even number of them, bring them home and one would die. So had odd number, then as time goes buy, one would die, soon after another would, then the odd number of them would last for quite some time before it would happen again. A school of 25 looks so nice in a tank.

Of course I think the prices around here are to high compared to Louisiana.

Later

I have a 10 gallon. It has been in use for a while now. I have one betta and one pleco. So my options are limited. The pleco is only a few months old and is already at 4". :shock:

I've been thinking about some shrimp, because it appears that I could use some more bottom dwellers. Like the fire shrimp or the glass shrimp. Not sure, I think that the pleco and betta would be ok with those in the tank.

 

[Narkon'n'more]

Remind me what the Pleco is.

Clown Loaches are all over the tank, but mostly the bottom, and you would want at least 4 or 6, I think 6, for they get really moving as a school.

Other bottom feeders, be cory cats.

You have gravel or something else?

 

[incysor]

Just saying hi.

I also wanted to know the opinions of the following stores.

FishLand
13155 Westhiemer

T&T Tropical Fish & Reptile
6862 Hwy 6 S

Aquarium World
13157 NWFwy

Aquarium Environments Inc
2414 Tangley

Trying to find a good place for some freshwater fish. I found these via yahoo yellowpages.

I looked at Aquarium Environments web site, and they look like they had an excellent selection. Any info on this would be very helpful.

I live out in Katy.

One of the best places in town for freshwater/planted tanks according to several of my friends that have these tanks is Village Tropical Fish.

Aquarium Environments is an aquarium service company. I'm not sure they'll sell you fish.

Aquarium World is one of the most expensive places in town for Saltwater, drygoods and for koi. I'm not sure how the rest of their freshwater prices stack up, but I'd guess if they're the most expensive on everything else that they would be the most expensive for freshwater fish as well. They do offer a 7-day garantee on their fish as long as you bring back the fish and a water sample and everything tests within their definition of normal ranges.

Fish Land - I haven't even looked at their FW tanks, but Andy is the owner and if you deal with him directly he'll often give you a break on prices, at least he does with saltwater corals/critters. Don't bother asking anyone else they'll just quote you exactly what's written on the tank.

T & T - I don't really have any suggestions for them when it comes to FW.

Good luck.

Brian

 

[Wilkey]

Remind me what the Pleco is.

Clown Loaches are all over the tank, but mostly the bottom, and you would want at least 4 or 6, I think 6, for they get really moving as a school.

Other bottom feeders, be cory cats.

You have gravel or something else?

I have 10lbs of gravel, some rock slate, and one piece of driftwood. The rock tend to up the pH, while the driftwood lowers, so it balances out ok.

Don't clown loaches get towards the long side of the scale? If memory serves, they can get up to 1 foot long. :?:

 

[FishinInTheDark]

Instead of clown loaches, why don't you change it over to salt and put in a half dozen tangs?

I'm just kidding! Yes, clown loaches get quite large. Usually around eight inches in the aquarium, but larger is not uncommon. They are also susceptible to ich, and can be hard to treat since they're scaleless.

I would recommend that you trade in that pleco, because it'll outgrow the tank fast, and they're very big ammonia producers. Try a few cory cats. They have tons of personality, stay small, and really clean up the gravel. They like to be in schools too.

Take care, and see ya at CF!

Conni

 

[Wilkey]

Instead of clown loaches, why don't you change it over to salt and put in a half dozen tangs?

I'm just kidding! Yes, clown loaches get quite large. Usually around eight inches in the aquarium, but larger is not uncommon. They are also susceptible to ich, and can be hard to treat since they're scaleless.

I would recommend that you trade in that pleco, because it'll outgrow the tank fast, and they're very big ammonia producers. Try a few cory cats. They have tons of personality, stay small, and really clean up the gravel. They like to be in schools too.

Take care, and see ya at CF!

Conni

Thanks for the info conni.

I guess I'm like a lot of peeps that get into this hobby, I have grown quite attatched to my fishies. I am not sure that I can trade in Garbage (the pleco). These are the only two fish that I've really taken care of. The others, I was young, and had other things on my mind (i.e. girls, guitar, band, etc). Now that I'm older, I'm enjoying taking care of the tank, and I've always loved the way the pleco's looked. So I got one. I just don't think I can give him up. Think some fire/flower shrimp may do the trick for now?

 

[Narkon'n'more]

Well if you can keep shrimp around, better luck to you, I always had a hard time with them. Still have a little bit of a time keeping the saltwater ones.

I never owned cories, but heard they were good.

Well since its freshwater ick, the ick stuff get Quick Ick which is good for scaleless also if I am right. Turn the water blue but gets rid of ick in 2 days.

Clowns can get to 8 inches, but we kept clowns in our 29 gal tank getting them when they were about 2 inches, the longest one we had after couple years was 3.25 inches, so they grow to the room have.

One thing about clown loaches and to most freshwater fish but especially clowns is don't settle on what the store keeper can catch in the net, but get the ones that you wanted to begin with, for you want to pick the most colorful ones, for if you don't they don't color up after getting into your tank.

You could also get a Yo-Yo loach to have singlely. And have the cories.

Lots of choices out there.

But you might think of switching to Salt, its fun, and the fish have more personality.

You dont' flush the fish, you bring them to a store that will buy them back, I don't like seeing them go back either, but thats better than flushing good healthy fish, if you were thinking of changing to salt, or just changing the tank setup you have.

 

[Wilkey]

Well I want just a bottom feeder. If shrimp are a pain in FW, then I'd deal with a single fish.

I also noticed a "dwarf suckermouth catfish" (Otocinclus affinis). They get 2" in length, and could be kept as a pair. :huh:

I would like to keep my fresh tank, it is so easy to keep up.