H3D said:
would you recommend yoyo's for my 20gl? if so, how many? see sig for current residents.
Getting rid of my Yoyo Loaches.
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would you recommend yoyo's for my 20gl? if so, how many? see sig for current residents.
Well, I've just come back from returning my loaches. The fat one was STILL chasing the skinny one all around the shop tank! 
I traded them in for 5 White Cloud Mountain Minnows (to replace 3 I lost, and to add to the school). I haven't released them into my tank yet, 10 more mins to go. Then I will add my Betta in a few days or so, and 'get rid' of the tank he's currently in. I think this will be a much better set up.
I agree, my tank would have been fine for one yoyo loach, but I felt it would be unfair, and not good fish-keeping, to have one by itself.
A lot of the food I fed did get down to the bottom, but the greedier loach would always swim to the top of the water and knock the other fish out of the way. He was just quite greedy when it came to food.
I traded them in for 5 White Cloud Mountain Minnows (to replace 3 I lost, and to add to the school). I haven't released them into my tank yet, 10 more mins to go. Then I will add my Betta in a few days or so, and 'get rid' of the tank he's currently in. I think this will be a much better set up.I agree, my tank would have been fine for one yoyo loach, but I felt it would be unfair, and not good fish-keeping, to have one by itself.
A lot of the food I fed did get down to the bottom, but the greedier loach would always swim to the top of the water and knock the other fish out of the way. He was just quite greedy when it came to food.
I agree, better safe than sorry. I think that the chances of them getting a better home are pretty good so I wouldnt worry. I once had to do this with a common pleco as soon as I found out how big it was going to get and for months it was at the LFS but then I found out it went to a 200 gallon tank in the same condo complex that I lived in then! I actually visited him once!
Good luck with your tank in the future. It is good to see someone who cares enough to do something like you did. I often wonder why it isn't advised more often to just trade a fish back in when that can, at times, be the more ethical solution.
Good luck with your tank in the future. It is good to see someone who cares enough to do something like you did. I often wonder why it isn't advised more often to just trade a fish back in when that can, at times, be the more ethical solution.
I'm really happy with how my tank is set up now. The new minnows seem to be settled in well, and the betta is having fun exploring his new (bigger) tank.
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