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Should I be up-sizing my tank?

Yes, if you want what's best for them.

Hi Rusty , please be careful not to antagonise either Emma or Graeme , they like to run this site very stricktly and won't tolerate backchat :( Really!!? What does this have to do with recreating a natural habitat or a river tank variation? Please, take your politics else where or use the PM button...

Great video guys! Dig the set up.

When should we expect a V. maassi video?

You could always use some HOB filter's instead of th powerheads.

Cut your feeding's back to once a day and I know this may be hard, but don't feed them one day outta the week. My loaches are still fatty's with this feeding routine.

Jim, I found a Aquaclear 70 in great shape. If you wanna PM me your address and pay for shipping, it's yours.

I love these filter's. They make it very easy for DIY insert's.

Don't mean to derail your thread.

http://www.amazon.com/Loaches-Natural-H ... 214&sr=1-1
You may wanna check this one out. The contributor's to this book are some pretty knowledgeable people.

The Takashi Amano books are amazing!

Great pic's, indeed! Those close-up's are killer! Reference for anyone interested: V. euepiptera pdf: http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/41/41rbz113-118.pdf V. cinnamomea pdf: http://www.wdc-jp.biz/pdf_store/isj/publication/pdf/40/404/40404.pdf Figure 5-a in the euepiptera pdf has me thinking they're...

Hey Kush, nice to see you!

You as well.

How is or did the acclimation go(ing)? 20,WOW! Guaranteed to see 1 or 2 in the tank now. Still have any of your orginal's around?

That first bag of fish, NICE! Hope Graeme has a bib handy.

Jim and Nancy, my fingers are crossed too.

Emma, thanks for the loach envy.

Looks like a rostrata to me. http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... age_medium

Congrats, gulogulo! Looking forward to any observation's you may have.

mamaschild, you may wanna try this: https://upload.video.google.com/ It's free!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1375034843277399237 Sorry for T.V. audio in the back ground. It was one of those, grab the camera and shoot before ya miss it. You may need to play it more than once. It's choppy when it's loading up. I find amusing that the Sid's and Rostrata keep checking ou...

The Sewellia's seem to like zucchini. I can't say the same for cucumbers. I haven't tried an English one yet, though.