Which HILLSTREAM loach has the best entertainment value?

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Which HILLSTREAM loach has the best entertainment value?

Gastro
0
No votes
Beaufortia
2
17%
Sewellia
4
33%
Cheni/Myersi
4
33%
Disparis/Vanmanenia
0
No votes
Tweedie/Smithi
0
No votes
Orthos/Confuzona
0
No votes
Hillstream Cats -- who needs loaches anyway?
1
8%
Other (please explain)
1
8%
 
Total votes: 12

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mikev
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Which HILLSTREAM loach has the best entertainment value?

Post by mikev » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:29 pm

A "minor league" competition to supplement the other poll.
(Hopefully I did not forget something obvious)

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Post by Martin Thoene » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:44 pm

Despite the fact that i think that Sewellia lineolata are just fabulous, my vote has to go to Pseudogastromyzon cheni.

I have too many years of keeping multiple generations of these cuties. They've given me lots of entertainment, and watching their antics and interactions is always fascinating, no matter how much I look.

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Post by mikev » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:45 pm

5 people total who keep hillstreams?

(I voted Chenis too...despite being able to keep them for only a couple of weeks -- mine came with a killer disease -- the experience was unforgettable).

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Post by gulogulo » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:24 pm

I don't have a lot of experience with hillstreams but i vote for schistura (I know they are more of a brook loach than a true hillstream). I have 6 that a highly entertaining.
Current loach residents- 14 Pangio semicincta, 2 P. doriae, 4 P. myersi, 1 P. shelfordi, 5 P. anguilaris, 6 P. oblonga, 8 P. cuneovirgata 5 Chromobotia macracantha, 3 Gastromyzon ctenocephalus, 3 Gastromyzon species unknown

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