The loach ventures out

Started to see a lot more of the loach today, but every time there is movement in the room it hides. It's OK if the movement doesn't cause vibration, but if anyone walks by heavily it swims to hide.

But I have to congratulate it - the snail population certainly seems to have been devastated! There are still plenty about, but it's already down to a reasonable amount, rather than a plague. But I keep getting a fright when I hear a knocking on the glass as the loach bangs a large snail against the glass. It's amazingly loud! Not sure whether it's an attack on the snail, or an accident as it tries to get a snail off the side of the tank higher up, which then slips down and it's trying to catch again.

And I've caught a brief glimpse of the upsidedown catfish hiding under a ledge on the outside of the cave. It's well covered by plants, so difficult to spot.

Also managed to get some pictures of various occupants today - I think everyone but the upsidedown catfish. So will start loading some pictures to this to make it more interesting.