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Very interesting!

Nice find, whatever they turn out to be

Lots of great looking fish. I'm determined to make it down there at some point, but right now I can't really even afford the train fare. On the question of hybrids, I don't really have a problem with healthy, good condition hybrids. The fish doesn't know it's a hybrid, it's not suffering any more th...

If you want to grow terrestrial plants, I'd suggest looking at suspending pots with the bottom inch or two under water, filled with an inert growing media like perlite or clay pebbles. This is basically a hydroponic type setup, with the plants growing long roots into the water. Searching 'aquaponics...

Thanks for that Emma. At the time I bought it I wasn't aware that it's not generally available over here. When I found out I did wonder if I should have been able to get it, but I hadn't been able to find anything definitive. Of course I don't advise doing anything illegal, and I won't be buying any...

A note on maracyn- I've sucessfully had maracyn 1 and 2 delivered over here from a US ebay shop. I don't believe the active ingredients are available over here without a prescription, so maybe I shouldn't have been able to get hold of it like this, but the fact is I did, and I haven't been raided by...

Cheers Mark. I'll be giving them a go soon.

Very cool.

Great videos. They look to be in excellent condition I've never seen garlic flake before- could you let me know where you get it? I'm always on the lookout for new food for my guys.

Hey Dekker, and welcome. You've found the best site around for loaches- almost everything I know about them I learned from here :) Here's a few links for you if you haven't seen them already: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata http://www.loaches.com/care/the-loach-almanac http://www....

So you see your hillies hanging out at 18" of water? Do they work the substrate at that depth? Yea, my boys spend most of their time on the bottom. They're actively browsing across the sand or poking about under cobbles a lot of the time. I can see how water depth may be a factor, but I'm sure it's...

OH YEAH!
Great news! And we definitely need pictures

Excellent photos- those are seriously nice fish

My cheni tank is a Juwel vision 180. It's a bowfront, 36" long, 12" to 16" in width and about 18" of actual water depth. There's air injection out of the powerheads, a bubble wall and an internal power filter with the output about 1/2" above the surface, so there should be plenty of oxygen. My cheni...

Nice videos The bit of your tank I could see looks good too