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This is terrific news! Congrats are definately in order!!

Nice, lovely loaches.

Here are some photos I managed to get today during a mellon feeding. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/munkee1/Hillstreammellon1.jpg Hillstream on mellon http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/munkee1/hillstreamsmellon.jpg Two hillstreams on mellon http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/munkee1...

Beautiful fish mick! Great photo.

Excellent! Thank you so much Emma. I have only the 6 B.Striata at the moment. I will definately follow your advice. As I build up the population, I'll be sure to post the progress.

The photos are great. Thank you for sharing them with me.

I was hoping that you folks might have some advice as for what I can add to a 75G tank. I am currently keeping 6 B.Striata and was thinking of upping the shoal, but was also wondering if a small shoal of Histies would be ok with the 6 B.Striatas? Should I just stick to only B.Striatas and add a few ...

I am starting to wonder what is going on with the horsefaced loaches recently. I purchased one a few months back as some of you may recall. He developed a strange marking just behind his eyes, this later turned into a nasty ulcer. I treated the ulcer with Melafix/Primafix, and it got better. Then he...

starsplitter7, thanks for the link for Franks. Interesting site. I started an order just to see what shipping charges would be and the only option available was "Pickup at Sellers Location". Don't know, maybe he's not shipping right now... Years ago striata was considered a rarity. I found one and ...

I get most of my parts and stuff from eBay to be honest. They are cheaper most times just watch out for shipping charges, sometimes the shipping makes it more than just going to the LFS for supplies. I am running a 9W turbo twist on my 60G inline with a Rena XP3 canister filter. I have never had a p...

I am going to be getting a spiffy new 100G tank in another two weeks. I have already cycled the filters to go on that tank by letting them run with my current filters on my established tanks, and I cycled most of the new substrate by hanging it in panty hose in some of my other tanks for the past th...

I have a Coralife Turbo Twist 9W on my 60G tank it is works like a dream! I had a green water problem a while back and insteead of a diatom filter that would have temporarily cleared the water; I opted for the UV sterilizer since the loaction of my tank would have meant that the green water would ju...

I am so glad I am not the only one who has had this happen. I have 5 B.Striata and one Zipper loach in a tank together. They were fine for months, then one day I woke up to find NONE of them! I looked all over the tank, under rocks, sand, plants, bog wood etc..... I finally found them in my filter. ...

Here are a few pics of my Zipper Loach. He decided to come out of his cave and let me get a few shots of him. Not an easy fish to photograph as he is fast! A few of the shots (3rd & 4th) were just after a bloodworm feast so he looks a bit plump! :D http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f170/munkee1/025-...

Well, he is doing great now. It seems he was nipped by one of the B.Striata as I caught the little bully in action yesterday. The strange mark was a nip and he is healing up fine.

Beautiful Botias Mick! They are really feasting on those bloodworms.