My new loach tank, and an ID question
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 2:02 pm
Hello everyone!
It's been ages since I posted on this board. I was active back when I was a kid, but after moving several times and then leaving for college I had no more loaches left, despite them being my favorite fish. In the past few months I got married and moved into a long-term apartment where I've finally been able to set up a larger tank- a 55 gallon which I have stuffed with loaches. I also have 6 other aquariums, including a 10 gallon planted tank which houses a betta fish and an unidentified loach. From the pictures in the loach book, I think it's some kind of aborichthys or maybe a schistura. It was labelled as an "indian loach".
The 55 gallon is heavily fake-planted with lots of rocks and caves. It has 5 kuhli loaches (4 oblonga, 1 striped of some kind), 5 yoyo loaches, and 3 angelicus loaches. I plan on getting two more angelicus, but the fish store I got them from initially only had one left, which I bought. He got 4 more in for me, but one was DOA and the other died shortly after. I'll pick up two more soon.
The loaches share the tank with 5 platys and a medium sized angelfish. Filtration is two HOB filters (one rated for 60g, the other for 30) and a sponge filter driven by a strong Tetra Luft Pump- so lots of water flow; 500 gph not including the sponge filter.
Please let me know what you think! I tried to build a loach paradise, and would love to know how to improve it. They are my favorite fish
Whole tank shot:
Caves and rocks, with a yoyo curious about the camera...
The angelfish, named Flint. Silly guy thinks he's the star of the tank (well, he is to my wife)
Feeding time: loach (and angelfish) pile!
The newest angelicus, in the bag before they were added.
The best picture I could get of the mystery loach. All I know is that it's (probably) a member of Nemcheilidae, I believe an aborichthys sp.
Apologies for the bad camera!
It's been ages since I posted on this board. I was active back when I was a kid, but after moving several times and then leaving for college I had no more loaches left, despite them being my favorite fish. In the past few months I got married and moved into a long-term apartment where I've finally been able to set up a larger tank- a 55 gallon which I have stuffed with loaches. I also have 6 other aquariums, including a 10 gallon planted tank which houses a betta fish and an unidentified loach. From the pictures in the loach book, I think it's some kind of aborichthys or maybe a schistura. It was labelled as an "indian loach".
The 55 gallon is heavily fake-planted with lots of rocks and caves. It has 5 kuhli loaches (4 oblonga, 1 striped of some kind), 5 yoyo loaches, and 3 angelicus loaches. I plan on getting two more angelicus, but the fish store I got them from initially only had one left, which I bought. He got 4 more in for me, but one was DOA and the other died shortly after. I'll pick up two more soon.
The loaches share the tank with 5 platys and a medium sized angelfish. Filtration is two HOB filters (one rated for 60g, the other for 30) and a sponge filter driven by a strong Tetra Luft Pump- so lots of water flow; 500 gph not including the sponge filter.
Please let me know what you think! I tried to build a loach paradise, and would love to know how to improve it. They are my favorite fish
Whole tank shot:
Caves and rocks, with a yoyo curious about the camera...
The angelfish, named Flint. Silly guy thinks he's the star of the tank (well, he is to my wife)
Feeding time: loach (and angelfish) pile!
The newest angelicus, in the bag before they were added.
The best picture I could get of the mystery loach. All I know is that it's (probably) a member of Nemcheilidae, I believe an aborichthys sp.
Apologies for the bad camera!