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NoDeltaH2O · 02-23-2005, 03:17 PM

MrParker asked, "How long did it take you to plant that thing and get it all set up like holy cow. And your anacharis look really good, and long, and dark green. is maintenence on that hard?"

I started planting it about a yaer ago, but the tenellus has came in only since last August. I put 2 little shoots of it in and in the last 7 months it has spread like crazy, covering the middle section of the tank on the "west side". The shrimp love to hide in it. The anacharis looks so good because i add iron daily. An apogneton is recovering as well thanks to the daily dose of iron. I have a powerhead that bubbles CO2 in and that helps just as much. I clip anacharis about every 10days to 2 weeks and that's it besides changing the DIY CO2 jugs every 7-10 days depending on the quality of the yeast I am able to get.

Taffyfish asked, "I would have expected them to be quite territorial, many bottom feeders are, how many do you have in that 20g? How long would you expect them to live for?"

I have 4 of them but am desperately looking for more. I bought some online but there was a US$25 shipping cost, effectively making my $5 fish $8 a piece. I got some in Hong Kong also on Tung Choi Street (the goldfish market) last spring. They go for about 50 cents a piece there since that is the part of the world they come from, but not as many made the trip in the plane as I had hoped. I am hoping for them to reappear this summer in the LFSs around here in the NE US.

Honestly I am not sure how long they live. I wish I knew. I guess Mia Woodman is one of the foremost experts on these. Her river tank website website is where I first got the idea to set up a hillstream loach river tank. There was a guy BobD... who successfully spawned them too. It is pretty uncommon, and I probably have too many other fish in the tank for them to spawn. I'll thin it out some day (the fish, not the plants) and probably only then will get spawning.

Territorial:
I guess you could say they are, but they don't harm each other or anybody else at all. They do all have preferred rocks, with the biggest one taking a flat smooth algae covered rock right in front of the powerhead nozzle where he can sit directly in the current.

garra pingi pingi? Got a pic of them?
Also, where did you get you hillstream loach from?

02-23-2005, 03:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
NoDeltaH2O Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland Posts: 1,868	MrParker asked, "How long did it take you to plant that thing and get it all set up like holy cow. And your anacharis look really good, and long, and dark green. is maintenence on that hard?" I started planting it about a yaer ago, but the tenellus has came in only since last August. I put 2 little shoots of it in and in the last 7 months it has spread like crazy, covering the middle section of the tank on the "west side". The shrimp love to hide in it. The anacharis looks so good because i add iron daily. An apogneton is recovering as well thanks to the daily dose of iron. I have a powerhead that bubbles CO2 in and that helps just as much. I clip anacharis about every 10days to 2 weeks and that's it besides changing the DIY CO2 jugs every 7-10 days depending on the quality of the yeast I am able to get. Taffyfish asked, "I would have expected them to be quite territorial, many bottom feeders are, how many do you have in that 20g? How long would you expect them to live for?" I have 4 of them but am desperately looking for more. I bought some online but there was a US$25 shipping cost, effectively making my $5 fish $8 a piece. I got some in Hong Kong also on Tung Choi Street (the goldfish market) last spring. They go for about 50 cents a piece there since that is the part of the world they come from, but not as many made the trip in the plane as I had hoped. I am hoping for them to reappear this summer in the LFSs around here in the NE US. Honestly I am not sure how long they live. I wish I knew. I guess Mia Woodman is one of the foremost experts on these. Her river tank website website is where I first got the idea to set up a hillstream loach river tank. There was a guy BobD... who successfully spawned them too. It is pretty uncommon, and I probably have too many other fish in the tank for them to spawn. I'll thin it out some day (the fish, not the plants) and probably only then will get spawning. Territorial: I guess you could say they are, but they don't harm each other or anybody else at all. They do all have preferred rocks, with the biggest one taking a flat smooth algae covered rock right in front of the powerhead nozzle where he can sit directly in the current. garra pingi pingi? Got a pic of them? Also, where did you get you hillstream loach from? __________________ Love, Peace, & Soul,... Delta________I am the Chosen One_I bring balance to the forum Hillstream Loach Planted River Tank ~4.5wpg ODNO DIY CO2 ________"A Proud Member of the Anti-Ballistic Comment Treaty" PS: my school web account got closed down after graduation, so none of my pictures in old threads are accessible until I move them all elsewhere, sorry. Last edited by NoDeltaH2O; 03-17-2005 at 10:46 PM.. Reason: garra pingi pingi?