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I got a mail today from someone asking me if i was interested in 5 of these chaps.

but i know they are subtropical and my tank is 24-26 degrees and in the summer it can get 28 degrees.

current is plentiful about 1800liters by filter.

my tank:

500 liters with 11 polkadots and 11 yoyo's and 20 odessa barbs (Wich will get ther onw tank within a week or so).

thank setup looks alot like martin thoene's tank. with the bamboo lights

can i give these chaps a better home? and can i get more? and would there be problems with the existing botia's?

edit:

my ph is 6.5

and the fish are fully grown i think they are 13-14cm.

Good question... Does anyone keep these loaches? I don't recall that anyone does.

you don't give me good hope that someone will give me an awnser mark

I have read that they are similar to S. pulchra in requirements (cool, well oxygenated water with current and plenty of hiding places), but are a bit more aggressive.

They might be better suited to a brook loach tank - among some of their torpedo-shaped relatives like Schisturas species. Like Jim says, that would be water that's a little cooler with more flow. I hope you are able to get them and house them properly. I'd love to hear more about their behaviour and see more pictures!

Yeah, no experience of keeping these Loaches. I do keep Sinibotia robusta who at times holds aggression within them. Other Sinibotia sp's are supposed peaceful to a certain degree. But this is just my assumption from reports of keepers of other Sinibotia's.

Well oxygenated waters are a must.

All Sinibotia require similar conditions. Be aware that Sinibotia pulchra is often mistyaken for S. superciliaris and far more available.
Check the species profiles for each, which are cross-linked because of the similarities.

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/si ... erciliaris

I have S.pulchra and they were in my River-tank. they really like current. The pictures in the profile are of one of my fish. They are very lovely, but also very reclusive.

http://www.loaches.com/species-index/sinibotia-pulchra

Martin.

it is the Sinibotia superciliaris for sure. but now they are housed in a 1meter 180 liter tank. temp is 26 degrees celcious. with little current. they compleetly destroyed her tank. no plants are still in the ground. they are really fast fish they swim dive in the sand and come out 15 cm furter very cool to watch.

and she can't return them to the shop to wich she bought them a few month ago. shops rarely do here in the netherlands. but i want to know if i can give these fish a proper home in my tank.

current is no problem i want to take that to about 4000liters an hour in my 500 liter tank.

temperture of about 24 degrees. (Can they live the rest of there lives on that since i wont be getting a separete tank for them any time soon within a year at least) but i will give them one as soon as i can.

and if i can house them. can i get more to get about 10-11? with my current fish. agression is not a problem really they never botherd a fish in there current tank well that is wat she told me...

I have to admit. You will the first to report back on how they interact with Botia kubotai and Botia almorhae. Thats if you agree to take them on.

(we need a dunno smiley)

Here ya go...

Right clicked.

Well, as I just mentioned in another topic, I'm calling into doubt the species of my Sinibotia. It's definitely not a Sinibotia Robusta, so it's going to be either a Longiventralis, a Supercilias, or a Pulchra. I can try to get a picture, but the camera I have is pretty bad about focusing.

I can't say much about water temp or pH for the fish, because I'm certainly not an expert on it. I've kept this one Sinibotia for some 5 years or more with never a problem. It tends to be very reclusive--it loves to squeeze itself under logs for extended periods of time, only coming out really to feed. I've never had a problem with a aggression, as it has never nipped or chased the other fish. Sometimes it will push around other loaches to get into a hiding spot, but that's all.