For people who are still planning to be swan raisers, they tend to be oblivious of what swans want to eat. It has become a mystery for them. They usually turn to geese or chicken mixtures and make them as swan feeds. But, again, what do swans eat?
If you have corals in your tank, then your lighting requirements will increase. Corals are light sensitive, and they grow healthier if light falls on them. Hence, you will have to take good quality lighting for your tank. The same applies if you have plants in your tank. But, for beginners, a aquarium landscape design could be quite tough to maintain. A better way is to begin with a tank that has only fish in it, and then graduate on to keeping plants and corals in the tank when they get enough practice with keeping fish in it.
The plants will resist the growth of algae because both plants and algae will depend upon the same sources of nutrients. The plants will also allow microorganisms to settle on them which will be useful for keeping the ecosystem in aquarium.
Do the clown loaches have hiding places? Hiding places are very important to relieve stress in clown loaches, and you are likely to get higher quality fish from aquariums with hiding places.
Plain sand can work, such as pool filter sand, which is available from any pool supply store. Another option is play sand, as long as it does not say “Not for use in aquariums” – Quickcrete is one popular brand. Stem plants will need supplementation with root tabs in order to do their best in plain sand.
A basic rule is to have 4 watts of lighting per gallon of water in your tank. There are different kinds of lights available, like the metal halide lights and the fluorescent lights. When you are starting out, the fluorescent lights are better because they will be able to spread light out into the aquarium in a much better way.
Clown loaches have been bred in aquariums, however it is very rare. Sexing clown loaches externally is hard, but possible by looking at the tail fin. The tail fin tips on the male are slightly bent inwards, making the fin look a little bit like a claw. The tail fin tips on the females aren’t shaped like this.