Hillstream ID help, small vannie photo, feeding question

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:05 pm

I now have 6 vans now, didn't realize till I got home walmart has buy 1 get 2 free (well cashier only rang up 1) on fish of the month. I ended up getting 3 vans for 4.84 + tax. they all are so happy playing in the stream.

thanks for suggesting more i now have 6

Tom

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:22 pm

Ahah! ......The Mad Duff "ways of The Force" are spreading! Could score mate!

I went to Walmart......NADA.

Martin.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:25 pm

Well at the buy 1 get 2 free price i should buy a bunch and ship you some Martin.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:05 pm

Well, as I mentioned in another thread, I found Pseudogastromyzon fangi as "Fish of the Month" in a small town Walmart. I'm going to keep checking out stores and see if I can find some healthy vanmanenia. I couldn't even find the price on the fish I saw today and saw nothing about 2 for 1. I'll have to look into that.
Good luck with your new hillstreams!!

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:51 pm

Does 6 sound like a proper number for a 30 gallon?

Do any of you have any advise besides what i have read in the life in the fastlane article?

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:00 pm

tglassburner wrote:Does 6 sound like a proper number for a 30 gallon?

You can surely put more .... one more species. Beaufortia's or Gastros on the walls.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:04 pm

Any loach besides clowns are a rarity in my area, if I find some of the others you mentiond, i'll be sure to add them, i may pick up a few more vannies i guess i really enjoy the ones i have already.

Anything else you feel i should know about the vannies?

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:22 pm

More vannies? This is how felt when I got them first...still feel occasionally.

Beaufortia's and Gastros are not really rare, and may be possible to get by mail.

tglassburner wrote:Anything else you feel i should know about the vannies?

All right, some bad news. IME, they may be the most difficult hillstream to keep. From my original group, I did not have any survive beyond about 7 months, while other hillstreams fared much better.

I'm observing a new group of Vannies in a q-tank now pretty carefully, for almost six weeks, and I'm getting a sense that they have higher water quality requirements than other hillstreams. A UV may be a must for keeping them healthy long-term. So, if you can afford it, get it.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:28 pm

already have a UV, so thats good. Thanks for the tips mikev.

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:56 pm

Very welcome.

IMHO, they are great fish, and they got me into hillstreams. I was able to resist Gastros and Beaufortia's, but not Vannies.

Good luck with yours. Post the pics when you can.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:22 am

Hmmm pictures you say, If ony I was as good at photography as I am at keeping fish. I need to practice more.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:39 pm

Anyone have a good way to make algae grow on rocks that I can switch out ?
I would like to provide them with as realistic conditions as possible once they are out of the QT

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:14 pm

Algae Farming? Oh that's easy.......

.....actually NOT. It took me ages to find the thread and then I had to change ALL the (copious) picture URL's because the host site changed it's name

BUT......here you go....last Summer's algae growing experiment in all its glory......you don't necessarily have to include the 'secret' ingredient

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ight=#7803

Be sure to read down the thread.....more pics lower down.

Actuallly, thinking about it.....it's getting near time to set one up again. That tank now has a Vietnamese Paradise fish in residence (in my kitchen), but I have other small empty tanks.

Martin.

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:44 pm

tglassburner wrote:Anyone have a good way to make algae grow on rocks that I can switch out ?

Algae is always good, but for Vannies it does not seem to be a requirement, they are pretty interested in meat (frozen algae, frozen bloodworms) and the guys I'm quarantining now go nuts on Carnivour Pellets, while algae wafers will be uneaten in the presence of other food.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:50 pm

don't they browse the aufuchs on /in the algae?

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