My hillstream loaches are here!
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:44 pm
Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
Sewellia lineolata
Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
Sewellia lineolata
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Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
Sewellia lineolata
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:01 pm
From Frank, right?
Congradulations, look good!
How many/who else is in the tank?
Congradulations, look good!
How many/who else is in the tank?
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:33 pm
How did you know that? Thanks Frank for getting these beatiful fishes.mikev wrote:From Frank, right?
Congradulations, look good!
How many/who else is in the tank?
My tank is 25G, three hillstream loaches, two biota dario, non loach fishes include half beaks, pipefish, gobies, galaxy rasbora, catfish, and glass fish. All SE Asian species.
Hope IFrank could get freshwater blennies and I also want to add a few hillstream loaches.
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:13 pm
How did you know that? -- Just a guess...
Good luck with what you are doing.
Just one comment: not all SE fish needs the same conditions. Your fish comes from physically different environments and it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to run the tank to keep them all happy.
For example, your glass fish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis, I assume) needs pH above 7 and temp of above 75F. Most Botia's are better off with pH below 7. For Hillstreams, 75F is really the upper limit. (Read Martin Thoene's article). I have no idea about the other species you have (which gobi's? what catfish?) but they of course have their requirements too. Then there is the current problem, some need a lot of it (hillstreams), some probably will not survive with too much current (I suspect that Galaxy would have problems with it, so I passed on them myself).
What parameters do you have now? (pH, temp, hardness)?
Might be a very good idea to recheck all your species carefully and consider a 2nd tank: say SE Asia tropical and SE hillstream. This would also allow you to have more of each species, many of the fish you have need to be kept in company of their own. For example, most fun of having Sewellia comes from seeing them interracting with each other. Darios need to have a larger group, same for Rasboras and Glass Catfish....
Good luck.
Good luck with what you are doing.
Just one comment: not all SE fish needs the same conditions. Your fish comes from physically different environments and it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to run the tank to keep them all happy.
For example, your glass fish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis, I assume) needs pH above 7 and temp of above 75F. Most Botia's are better off with pH below 7. For Hillstreams, 75F is really the upper limit. (Read Martin Thoene's article). I have no idea about the other species you have (which gobi's? what catfish?) but they of course have their requirements too. Then there is the current problem, some need a lot of it (hillstreams), some probably will not survive with too much current (I suspect that Galaxy would have problems with it, so I passed on them myself).
What parameters do you have now? (pH, temp, hardness)?
Might be a very good idea to recheck all your species carefully and consider a 2nd tank: say SE Asia tropical and SE hillstream. This would also allow you to have more of each species, many of the fish you have need to be kept in company of their own. For example, most fun of having Sewellia comes from seeing them interracting with each other. Darios need to have a larger group, same for Rasboras and Glass Catfish....
Good luck.