In message ,
johnhuddleston writes
Weather loach and goldfish make a good combination, if you have any
ornaments they`ll dig under them instead of uprooting plants (as well as
move them around the tank, you`d be amazed how much weight a 5 inch weather
loach can shunt around), the loach i have likes to touch up the goldies with
his feelers, barbels whatever they are called, smaller fish tend to panic a
bit, but the bigger ones seem to like it... Don`t bother if you`d like to
keep some snails though, one weather loach can turn 30 snails into 0 snails
in a couple of days...

could be useful ;-) I quite like the malaysian trumpet snails though -
however, the loach should do just as good a job of shifting the
substrate about. I've been worrying about the extreme softness and lack
of calcium in the water and the snails recently, too.
The loach will be littlies to start with (the goldfish aren't very big
yet, either).

"sophie" wrote in message
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In message 4wySc.78321$M95.37232@pd7tw1no, Mookie
writes

Goldfish grow pretty quickly, but if you find the number of minnows down
by
one or two you can move them to a ten gallon which would be cheap to set
up.
I've seen complete aquariums with filters for under $30. White clouds
would
be good companions because they are coldwater fish and compatible in that
way. A loach or catfish might work, but you'd have to see if anyone has
succeeded with the combo.


weather loach are coldwater, and from what I've heard they and the
goldfish leave each other alone. It's a combination I'm about to try,
too - I'm looking forward to it. goldfish to eat the plants, and weather
loach to dig them up ;-)
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sophie



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