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Yup. I did catch a little Barb today. I'm not sure what it was. Its like a Tiger Barb with just one stripe. And I saw the bigger one next to a huge rock. The funny thing was, if distrubed it would move away but come back to the same position. And It would just stay there like a rock, and the current...

Yup... But we'll have to wait till the monsoons get over. I think come summer, that would be the best time to head to the river.

Sure Graeme.. You could put it in the species index. There is no method per se. When The Water Level is lower, the Riverbed on the sides is completely exposed and you have little streams, running along the sides of the river. You can use a regular aquarium net to catch them. They don't move away muc...

hey Graeme... Check out the Common Spiny loach river!!! But I couldn't get any Spiny Loaches. The current in the water was really bad. One of the reservoirs had opened its gates causing the water level to go up. During summer its atleast 3 feet lower. Thats the best time to get 'em. http://lh6.googl...

Its dark outside and there's no light by the pond. I couldn't find any of the clowns. So I was just snapping away. The Clowns usually like to hide under the driftwood (seen in the 7th pic. Its hollow with a lot of space inside'. The Drift wood in pic 3 is the latest addition to the tank. Put it in 3...

Shadowing. Haha... thats funny... :lol: Yea.. i'm pretty sure that can be annoying. Thanks Mad Duff. The pics of the pond are actually from a few weeks ago. Had a huge algae outbreak after we cleaned up the pond. It was bad. Right now it seems to have stabilized. I'm still trying to set up a filter ...

In the morning today after feeding the fish in my pond. I noticed that one of my clowns which is about 3.5 inches, was hanging around right next to this 4.5 inch clown. Infact it was right on the side of the bigger one, sort of pushing it to the side, and since the little one was pushing, the bigger...

well Graeme , it isn't exactly the pattern that matches but the general loach like shape. I wonder how many species could have been wiped off actually.

Yep.. thats right Graeme, thats how they hide. Sometimes they are completely covered except for the eyes(I guess that might be from the sand thats being washed over them when they're in the river). I was never able to find the bigger ones. The ones that I caught were about 2" - 2.5". The biggest one...

The river has several species of barbs . In fact I was out there to catch Filament barb(Puntius filamentosusassimillis). There were little streams running along the sides of the rivers and as I was walking, I noticed little coulds of sand being kicked up in the water. These guys were partially burri...

I caught these from a river close to home once. They like real fine sandy substrate and fast flowing water.

Hi, I'm just trying to understand all of this. I was looking at the Marine Depot website for pumps. And from the posts above the 6100 can displace about 3175g an hour. Wouldn't this cause significant turbulance in the tank ? Is there a formula to calculate what kind of gph is required based upon the...

Hello Emma, Thats Right, whats happening now is that I remove about 50% of the water and then put in new water. Would it help If I removed around 10% each day ? I'm wondering if this can be a faster fix for the algae problem. I'm planning to go to some of the stores here in Bangalore for a Pond filt...

Hi Emma. Thank You, So much for all your suggestions. As of now I cycle 50% of the water every 6 - 7 days. This is what has been done for the past 5 years. Would this suffice for the areation problem ? or do you think I should get an air pump anyway? But as you said i really need find to incorporate...

Im still trying to work my camera on manual mode. The Pics are out of focus mostly. Shall get better ones soon. Tank is about 9.5' X 6' in area and its about 1.5' above the ground and 1.5 below the ground. http://lh3.google.com/image/trent.rzeznik/RhJJCOf0KBI/AAAAAAAAAAk/xO0gnYHSjEw/s800/DSC00218s.J...