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Would a compatability chart similar to below be possible for the community part like so?

http://www.coloradodirectory.com/maps/i ... ileage.gif

so you can have an easy look whaich loaches are compatable?

Changing the mileage to Y-Yes, N-No, C-Caution?

Personally I don't like the idea of a compatibility chart because there are just so many variables involved. I think 'general guidelines' for each species in the new species index will be far more helpful. What works for one person doesn't always work for another.

Emma

Concur.

Martin.

Even a "possibly" compatibility chart would be nice. Or even better a enviormentaly compatible chart. I do all right with the can't get along problems, but have trouble sometimes with their needs. i.e. I wouldn't have problems with my clowns and hillstreams firghting, but their temp requirements render them unsuitable tank mates. I want not just to keep my different loaches alive, I want them happy and alive for as close to forever as possible. My being able to access the loach desctiption section is, for some reason, and on and off deal.

A compatibility chart would be a long process. Here's just one example. Which Schistura would be compatible with........

Schistura acuticephalus
Schistura afasciata
Schistura alepidota
Schistura alta
Schistura alticrista
Schistura altipedunculatus
Schistura amplizona

Schistura anambarensis
Schistura antennata
Schistura aramis
Schistura arifi
Schistura athos
Schistura atra
Schistura bachmaensis
Schistura bairdi
Schistura balteata

Schistura bampurensis
Schistura beavani
Schistura bella
Schistura bolavenensis
Schistura breviceps
Schistura bucculenta
Schistura callichromus
Schistura carbonaria
Schistura cataracta

Schistura caudofurca
Schistura chapaensis
Schistura chindwinicus
Schistura chrysicristinae
Schistura cincticauda
Schistura clatrata
Schistura conirostris
Schistura corica
Schistura coruscans

Schistura crabro
Schistura cristata
Schistura curtistigma
Schistura dabryi
Schistura dalatensis
Schistura daubentoni
Schistura dayi
Schistura deansmarti
Schistura defectiva

Schistura deignani
Schistura denisoni
Schistura desmotes
Schistura dorsizona
Schistura dubia
Schistura ephelis
Schistura fascimaculata
Schistura fasciolata
Schistura finis

Schistura fowleriana
Schistura fusinotata
Schistura geisleri
Schistura globiceps
Schistura harnaiensis
Schistura hingi
Schistura horai
Schistura humilis
Schistura huongensis

Schistura imitator
Schistura implicata
Schistura incerta
Schistura irregularis
Schistura isostigma
Schistura jarutanini
Schistura kaysonei
Schistura kengtungensis
Schistura kessleri

Schistura khamtanhi
Schistura khugae
Schistura kloetzliae
Schistura kohatensis
Schistura kohchangensis
Schistura kongphengi
Schistura kontumensis
Schistura latidens
Schistura latifasciata

Schistura lepidocaulis
Schistura leukensis
Schistura lindbergi
Schistura longa
Schistura machensis
Schistura macrocephalus
Schistura macrolepis
Schistura macrotaenia
Schistura maculiceps

Schistura maepaiensis
Schistura magnifluvis
Schistura mahnerti
Schistura malaisei
Schistura manipurensis
Schistura melarancia
Schistura menanensis
Schistura microlabra
Schistura moeiensis

Schistura montana
Schistura multifasciatus
Schistura nagaensis
Schistura nalbanti
Schistura namboensis
Schistura namiri
Schistura nandingensis
Schistura naseeri
Schistura nasifilis

Schistura nicholsi
Schistura nielseni
Schistura nomi
Schistura notostigma
Schistura novemradiata
Schistura nudidorsum
Schistura obeini
Schistura oedipus
Schistura orthocauda

Schistura pakistanica
Schistura paucicincta
Schistura paucifasciata
Schistura personata
Schistura pertica
Schistura pervagata
Schistura poculi
Schistura porthos
Schistura prashadi

Schistura prashari
Schistura pridii
Schistura procera
Schistura pseudofasciolata
Schistura psittacula
Schistura punctifasciata
Schistura punjabensis
Schistura quaesita
Schistura quasimodo

Schistura rara
Schistura reidi
Schistura rendahli
Schistura reticulata
Schistura rikiki
Schistura robertsi
Schistura russa
Schistura sargadensis
Schistura schultzi

Schistura sertata
Schistura sexcauda
Schistura shadiwalensis
Schistura sigillata
Schistura sijuensis
Schistura sikmaiensis
Schistura similis
Schistura sokolovi
Schistura sombooni

Schistura spekuli
Schistura spiesi
Schistura spiloptera
Schistura spilota
Schistura suber
Schistura susannae
Schistura tenura
Schistura thanho
Schistura tirapensis

Schistura tizardi
Schistura tubulinaris
Schistura vinciguerrae
Schistura waltoni
Schistura xhatensis
Schistura yersini
Schistura zonata

Easy Graeme.....for instance:

Schistura afasciata _ Schistura anotherfasciata

Schistura alta - Schistura tude (for greater heights of fishkeeping pleasure)

Schistura aramis - Schistura chanel

Schistura carbonaria - Schistura fettucini

Schistura cataracta - Schistura lasicsurgeri

Schistura dayi - Schistura nighti

Schistura deansmarti - S. davisjuniori - S. sinatrae

Schistura defectiva - Schistura perfecta

Schistura finis - Schistura startii

Schistura hingi - Schistura bracketi

Schistura horai - Schistura pimpi

Schistura imitator - Schistura imitator

Schistura implicata - Schistua alibi

Schistura incerta - Schistura remova

Schistura irregularis - Schistura senocotus

Schistura lindbergi - Schistura aviatusi

Schistura longa - Schistura abbreviata

Schistura nudidorsum - Schistura clothidorsum

Schistura oedipus - Schistura lovemimumi

Schistura pakistanica - Schistura cornershopii

Schistura quasimodo - Schistura esmarelda

Schistura rara - Schistura rasputin

Schistura schultzi - Schistura izeenuthin

Schistura suber - Schistura califragilisticexpialidoscious

Schistura waltoni - Schistura mountaini

Say goodnight John....Goodnight.....Goodnight Mary-Ellen

Martin.

Good one!!

Schistura pimpi? Martin has too much time on his hands!

point taken

Jokes aside, this chart will be useless even if you could find research ALL 2-species combination.

Tank size also matters.
The landscape in the tank also matters.
And some people may want to keep three or more species.
And you can easily have compatibility problems even if you keep only one species.
<add more here>

Schistura oedipus - Schistura lovemimumi

!!!!!!
They'd be easier to breed than guppies!

Hmmm... does that mean if you asked advice on two loaches who had nearly identical water temp/pH etc requirements, with mild temperaments... it could be anyone's bet on what happened? Or what would one say to a combo they'd never heard of before??

mikev wrote:Jokes aside, this chart will be useless even if you could find research ALL 2-species combination.

Tank size also matters.
The landscape in the tank also matters.
And some people may want to keep three or more species.
And you can easily have compatibility problems even if you keep only one species.
<add more here>

Exactly mikev. It's far better to get a generalized opinion of a particular combination(s). There are no garauntees.

Martin.

Schistura pimpi? Martin has too much time on his hands!

Martin's passtime when he isnt making amusing lists here or posting on Hamsters Online



so he cant have that much time on his hands.

Schistura incerta - Schistura remova

It's something about their wheels Helen..........



I'm cutting back on the skateboarding, but my knitting is getting quicker. I knitted an Eheim Pro filter the other day. Still having trouble with a couple or six leaks though. I've never done cheer-leading.....based on a previous post here I think someone else does though.

Martin.

have you tried knitting a hamster wheel yet?