sand loach move

last night i was observing the behaviour of my little sand loach in the smaller tank. i noticed that he was trying to burrow into the gravel but was stopping when he got to the blue, sharper gravel which was supplied with the fishtank. the gravel in this tank is also larger in size than the gravel in my bigger tank and i think this was giving him (her?) difficulty in burrowing as well.

so, i decided that he was big enough (and nippy enough to evade monsieur pleco!) to go into the bigger tank where he will be more able to act upon his natural instinct to burrow under the gravel/sand. this morning i moved the little feller onto greener pastures so to speak and he looks like he is quite happy. (don't ask how i can tell, i just can! ;p )

and finally, just to keep you all informed i do intend on moving the guppy fry into the smaller tank when they are big enough to avoid getting sucked into the filter. i don't think it will be too long before i do this, they're almost 1cm in length now, but still too thin to avoid suction. =D