HillBundle

[mikev]

[Emma Turner]

Great shot!

[Graeme Robson]

Thats a superb shot!

[Jim Powers]

Very cool!!
How big are these fish?

[Mad Duff]

Excellent

[mikev]

Thanks all!

Very cool!!
How big are these fish?

No adults, Vannies under 1.5", Chenis under 1.25" (some smaller).

And the reason why they all congregate here is that there is a Cheni below who thinks that he owns the entire tank....chases any fish that comes down.

[chris1932]

Mike
Did you get those from Frank??? I was thinking about getting a few. New river tank is filling up as I type. Should be full in two more days.

[mikev]

Yes, from Frank. I have some larger Vannies in another tank from before.

BTW, I wish you lived closer, I'll need a new 20g-30g tank for them eventually. Getting a working river tank would have saved me lots of time.

PS. I'm not sure Vannies are a good idea for a large community setup.

[chris1932]

Mike
Where exactly do you live? I travel for my job. And I was thinking of making a trip to Franks.

[mikev]

PM'd.

[mikev]

Here is the devil:



Attacks other Chenis, Vannies, even the dither whitecloud. One of the most aggressive hillstreams I've seen yet. He has to be a Cheni, but I wonder a little: no red rim on the dorsal, and no interest in bloodworms (others eat them).

[LES..]

Lovely looking fish there Mikev.
My cheni have never shown the slightest interest in bloodworm but they do go wild for freeze dried brine shrimp (Note to Jim, my S.Wui also goes for this brine shrimp).
From your description of the size of your fish they are a very similar size to ours when we got them. Interestingly it was the large female, who still has very little red on her fin, that took control of the tank and bullied her partner so much we realised we needed more loaches to spread the aggression (and so the addiction began...). That changed some months later and our alpha male coloured right up and started asserting his dominance. My guess is that you will see a similar shift in power over the next 6months. Just watch for the tubercles starting to grow and then you will know just who will rule the tank!

I hope these fish bring you as much entertainment as ours have to us :-)

[mikev]

Thanks for the kind words, LES.

At the moment the limit of my desires is to keep them alive, entertainment is for later. Chenis were my most-wanted fish for the last six months, but I had two disasters with them already (fish arrived with deadly diseases) and these guys while not ill are not in the ideal health either (the devil is the only fish that looks reasonably fat). We'll just have to see how it works out, they are confined to the Q-tank for a long time.

[Jim Powers]

I have seen some chenis (including my present female) that have little red on the dorsal. The markings on your guys are what interest me.
Hmm...maybe your fish is P. myersi?
Its hard to tell from your pic, but look at this pic and see what you think.
Pseudogastromyzon myersi

[Graeme Robson]

Hmm...maybe your fish is P. myersi?
Its hard to tell from your pic, but look at this pic and see what you think.
Pseudogastromyzon myersi

Yup! could be a female.