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Hillstream loaches and waterfall

Post by maikel » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:45 pm

Hello ,

my name is Maikel and I am new here. I have 5 Sewellia lineolata and 5 Pseudogastromyzon cheni. (in different tanks) And some other fishes too. :D
I was wondering if anyone has any eperience with hillstream loaches (the Gastromyzon, Beaufortia, Sewellia and others) and a waterfall. Will they climb up the waterfall? Anyone ever tried them in a paludarium?
I would be happy to receive some input regarding this. I want to create a waterfall for these fish, IF they like it.

Thanks in advance
Maikel (the netherlands)

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Post by starsplitter7 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:17 pm

And search the forum, because people have had their hillstreams climb the waterfall. There's pictures. I don't remember who posted it. But a lip around the tank kept the fish inside.

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Post by wasserscheu » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:27 pm

Janne cought one climbing his waterfall, what a great picture.

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... =waterfall

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Post by maikel » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:57 pm

Hello,

Thank you very much for the replies and the links. I sure need to meet Wim, he has a nice setup there. But I don't want to build a paludarium. It's simply too big for my house.

The picture of the climbing Gastromyzon is awesome.

Thanks again.

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Post by odyssey » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:16 am

A hill stream loach which finishes climbing the perpendicular wall on the surface of the water.
youtube video clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPAIUHfQDhs

Sinogastromyzon puliensis.
The hill stream loach which inhabits Taiwan.
I kept various hill stream loachs so far.
Climbing ability is the best this fish by my experience.

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Post by wimvanvelzen » Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:40 am

hi Maikel,

Be sure to pay me a visit some day! I live in Veenendaal, where are you from!

groetjes, Wim

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