Yes Keith, but I think it is enough - I like it more like in nature: You have to wait until a school of 50 blue neon fishes come out of the bushes, or the other ones.... To give them as much space as possible for their live I take only small fishes. All in all I have about 140/150 inhabitants and a lot of snails, enough to watch. Most lot of them havee names, because I reconize them "personally"... patterns, behaviour, etc.. Only with the blue neons Paracheirodon simulans it is more difficult except some special examples.
I can imagine well, Keith, you can grow fond of any animal, you care with love. Fish can become very tame, too.
Hi guys, I caught a cold , so I found the time to post some photos... The tank works well, the algaes are welcome, as long as they do not become too much - I think they are necessary to create a natural look.... and as you can imagine I am quite alone with this opinion Two or three times a year I pull the bigger parts of the algaes off the wood and stones by hand - and if they grow in the moss I pull them out earlier with the tweezers. If they really get out of hand in the moss, I throw the part away - I anyway have to throw lots of moss away, it grows powerful. In this way they are for me tolerably under controle. I do not use any aquarium chemistry or fertilizers. Water change and cleaning the ground a bit: all a few months... Light: about 8 hours per day...
When before they were rehomed the Clown Loaches were quite special to us ,theory is when they make the clicking noise they are very happy, we liked to think they sort of knew us but in reality I think the clicking was between themselves but cant never tell my wife as she was convinced they were asking for food
