Thanks for the responses all.
I'm pretty sure they're all from different areas. Rio Xingu, Rio Irri?, etc. I'm thinking I may need to move fish around. The whips are too valuable both aesthetically and they're not cheap.
The heater is outside of the tank.
Also, if it was just fungus I would ...

I have group of 6 adult Chameleon Whiptails in a 6 foot tank with other South American fish. About a month ago one of the whiptails shows up with white discoloration behind its dorsal fin. The dorsal fin itself was also torn. At that time I had a marble sailfin pleco in the tank and promptly removed ...

They came in today. Just kinda sitting there. Had the lights off for the first 4 or so hours. No feeding or rummaging around the sand yet.

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Thanks for the advice guys. I figured the TMS might be too sharp. The tank they're going in is setup perfect as is, natural sand, wood, heavy current and low light.

Will post pics when there in.

I'm getting a group of these soon and am thinking of putting them on "Tahitian Moon Sand" (the black stuff). The tank currently has natural sand that is tan. My goal is to breed but to also showcase their great colors.

What color do you think they will change on black sand?
Do you think the "TMS ...

Silurus, I see your point with the hara's getting enough food. Might be worth a shot to "spot feed", if I can obtain any. They would stay out of the clowns way.

Racoll, I thought about the bimac's but noticed the black water swamp thing. The Batasio don't do it for me though. The ompok would be ...

I think the Tiger Barbs are out. I may got with a school of rasboras instead, like the asian rummy nose. It could be spendy though.

I'm tempted to widen my locale. Maybe incorporate India.
Clowns
roseline sharks
garra flavatra
Hara jardoni
asian rummynose rasboras

Any other suggestions?

Hmmmn. Not as many options as I thought. I think the Pseudeutropius brachypopterus and Hyalobagrus flavus would get thrown around in the wake of the clowns. I'm running through the list of fish from the same areas right now. Is there anything nocturnal that might fit the bill.

I want the clowns to ...

Thanks for the info silurus.
Can you or anyone else recomend liturature that could run through a list of asian cats?

Thanks again.

I am in the planning stages... I have a 210 gallon that will house my 8 large clown loaches. I want to make this a fairly strict SE Asian tank. My current list is going to look something like this...
8+ clowns
6 garra flavatra
20-30 tiger barbs

My question is, what kind of community and preferably ...