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I think both options are good ones, however, if it were my tank, I wouold try to change the titteya for a local alternative. But, that is just my taste, not a real comment.

On a Dutch forum, which does not exist anymore, a member once calculated the effects of bubbles. These do cause movement on the surface, but the thing is, they have gone com 20 or 30 cm through the tank before reaching the surface. Going through the tank, they do give oxygen to the water, and in fac...

The thing is, clowns can grow to a foot. Now an active fish like a clown would most certainly need space to swim in, and I would never keep such a large, active fish in anyshing smaller than an 8 feet * 3 feet footprinted tank. I don´t know how much gallon that is, but if 2 feet high, this is 1296 l...

Gobies are related to perch, while loaches are related to barbs. That is, they are way different fish But, in some places they arte found together. And in case fish live together in nature, and do not prey on each other, most often thay make ideal tankmates. Problem is, both of gobies and loaches no...

Where are you based?

I know how to get Yashuikotakia in the Netherlands, and would be able to get them elsewhere in Europe, but chnaces are you live elsewhere.

They don't meet any other loaches in nature. On Borneo one can find Pangio, no further loaces, but Pangio prefer other circumstances. Whether they can be combined with otrher loaches? I wonder. After al, they can be agressive amongst themselves, and they are the largest of the Botinae we normally ca...

Unless we are speaking about very small fishes (newly hatched, 3 mm or so), Hydra are harmless and will only steal a little food. Therefore I would do nothing.

I have heard Trichomopodus sumatranus (new genusname, hope I got it right) eat Hydra, but most likely this fish does not fit in your tank.

I did not go into the root tablets as I have never used them.

But if you bury them deeply, they will have far less effect on the fish than if shallowly buried.

Firstly, 2 is always a bad number, as 2 implies 1 stronger than te other. 3 is better but 4 or more is much better I can´t tell you how fast they are growing, but whether the plants are damaged by them? You could make zo nes with only sand, and others with pebbles, places the loaches will not like t...

Stunning? I think it is by far the most ugly clown I´ve ever seen. I would not even want it for free.

While we want to heve an unidirectional flow in a rivertank, remember that in a real river the flow is not really inidirectional. Every rock, tree or curve the river itself makes will cause turbulence in the water.

Riverine fish can cope with that.

Hardly

Their name, anguilaris refers to the common European eel, and this species does reflect them a bit. Smaller in all measures, and therefore not plump at all.

I would, tentatively, assume there could very well be eggs.

The bellyshape looks that way - fat would result in a round belly, not this edged one. Further, if one fish is overfed, why would the others not be a little over? Assumng eggs would answer this question nicely.

Thomas wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:07 pm

Of course it's not allowed to take them from the wild, but if they were breeded you can keep them here in germany.

In many cases, I like the German system better than our own. This is a good example. Have luck with them.

I'm surprized you can keep them in Germany. It is illegal in NL