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Northern Monkey wrote: Hey Loaches4life , I am suprised you got any response ,If it aint a clown or a Khuli no one on here seems to care. Because people like you scared away many of the people who really, truly cared. I saw 1 post with 64 replies about a dead clownloach . And that has no merit in y...

Very pretty little fish Charles.

Martin.

Yes, with a lot of social fishes there's a "critical mass" kind of thing where they only exhibit "true" behaviour once you reach or exceed that number. Most of these Geophagines aren't exactly highly aggressive when not breeding, but as Matt says single specimens within a mixed species group can bec...

......which is why they're called Weatherfish

Martin.

How long have they actually been in the "new" tank? This is typical behaviour for a group of newly introduced kuhlis. You'll find they will most probably do it after water-changes in the future too. Once they get settled the behaviouyr will probably subside.

Martin.

It really depends on the ambient heat in your home, specific tank location and what you're actually keeping. In a 30 gallon tank in the average home a small heater-stat set in the low to mid 70's (for hillstreams) will likely seldom switch on. Therefore, all though it's in there it's not doing anyth...

If you are thinking of keeping sucker-bodied type hillstreams in a regularly heated home environment then you won't even need a heater. I've kept hillstreams since 1999 and never used a heater. During the summer, keeping a tank cool enough can be the issue without air-conditioning. My 65 gallon hill...

Beautiful!

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Martin.

Stunning!

Martin.

OMG! Those would sell like hot-cakes!!!

Beautiful!

Martin.

They do appear to be possibly Botia histrionica, but very sickly looking ones. I wouldn't touch these with a 10 foot pole.

Martin.

:? Translation: How do I post pics...... of the gang while I am at friends and can do it. All I have got to use is Facebook. I hope that's what you meant. Some punctuation might help with other's comprehension. You seem to have acheived the desired result though unless you wre specifically looking f...

I agree with you plaalye, S. pulchra . This species has very variable markings but they are one of the more commonly exported Chinese loaches. The conditions stated in the species profile are applicable (I wrote it) and the fish pictured were mine too. They're a secretive fish but I luv 'em to bits....

Past the best now, but still some colour out there. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/Martin_Thoene/Fall%202010/IMG_96901600x1200.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/Martin_Thoene/Fall%202010/IMG_96891600x1200.jpg Ugly http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/Martin_Thoene/Fall%202010/IMG_...

(Am i aloud to put a website from another forum on here?? ) :( No problem with that providing it's of a relevant link that meets posting rules here. I once had a huge argument with a head Moderator at another site who was fiercely protective of people doing something like this. I told her that such...