Loach/community

[Ashleigh]

The loach/community tank, this is the main tank I love to watch in the evening; its so busy and everything is so relaxed
The tank itself is 4x1.25x1.5 approx, it was an old stock tank so please bear with me on the scratch marks on the glass The tank itself is quite well planted; java moss, java fern, grasses and floating plants, bogwood has a good lot of moss growing over it. Amond leaves added on a monthly basis, left to 'decay' on the tank floor-the Pangio sp love to forage through them.
The stock;
10 Puntius titteya
1 Galaxy rasbora - 10more on order
6 Chili rasbora - anyone have a name for this??
1 Beta in a little 'floating prision' till his fins heal *incapable fishstores
3 Acantopsis choirorhynchus
3 Pangio kuhlii
2 Barbucca diabolica
5 Pangio oblonga
5 Pangio sp
5 Vaillantella cinnamomea
5 Vaillantella maassi
2 Corydoras aeneus
1 Unidentified cory species
1 Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
Pictures of the tank to follow these later, but heres a few of the stock that let me take a few

Corydoras aeneus



Epalzeorhynchos bicolor



Acantopsis choirorhynchus



Pangio kuhlii



Barbucca diabolica


Pangio sp





Vaillantella cinnamomea



Vaillantella maassi


Chili Rasbora-not the best pictures, my camera kept reflecting back they have a really intense red, orange and greeny colour




More pic's to follow!

Ashleigh

[Blue]

Is this loach full of eggs?:? I've never seen such a full abdomen.


Your rasbora is probably a Boraras brigittae.

[cybermeez]

Wow! That is one gravid Kuhli!

She's pretty!

[wasserscheu]

What a good Mam. Wow

[Munkee]

Lovely fish! I especially like your Acantopsis choirorhynchus, very beautiful specimen.

[Emma Turner]

Very nice indeed!

Those kuhlis look like the Pangio sp. 'panda' that I documented here a while back as becoming extremely gravid: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=7352. Would make a good breeding project in a species only tank (if only there were room here).

Emma

[Mad Duff]

Hi Ashleigh the fish look great

The "Chili Rasboras" are Rasbora urophthalma brigittae which are now Boraras brigittae

[clownloachfan]

Nice pics. I bet the Epalzeorhynchos bicolor likes those almond leaves too, doesnt he? I remember mine use to eat decaying plant leaves in my aquarium.

[mickthefish]

hi ashleigh
i'd watch the shark when it gets a bit bigger, they have a reputation for behaving badly towards their inmates.
ive had first hand experience on the few occasions that i had them.
marks spot on with his ID of the rasbora .

the pangio is the one me and my mate had a few years ago, keep hold of it it's a rarity, we could never find the true name for it.

regards
mick

[Graeme Robson]

Very nice!

I keep my Epalzeorhynchos bicolor in a Grrr tank. < Good indicator for when they grow.

[andre]

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=7352.

Emma

Emma, the third photo of the link showing the heads popping out from the sand is simply fantastic!!! It's gonna be my new desktop if you dont mind.

A.

[Emma Turner]

Feel free, Andre! Thank you for the compliments.

Emma

[Whitey_MacLeod]

Beautiful pictures. I love the Barbucca.

[Barracuda518]

Very nice pictures.

If you post a picture of the unidentified Corydoras, we might be able to help you identify it

[bslindgren]

Or go to the cat eLog of planet catfish, which has photos of pretty much every cory known. Nice pictures! Unbelievable gravid female - wow!