Schistura unknown03*x

[Martin Thoene]

*work in progress*

Scientific name: Schistura unknown03 ()

Common name: None

Synonyms: None

Distribution: Not known

Sexual Dimorphism: None known. Females probably plumper.

Maximum size: inches ( - cm)

Similar to: Other Schistura species

Care: Typical Schistura species. The aquarium should have a good flow rate and be well-oxygenated. Provide piles of large pebbles or slate to create hiding places. The rest of the aquarium base should have smooth rounded pebbles and sand or fine grained gravel with reasonably bright lighting. Please see Hillstream Loaches: Specialists at Life in the Fast Lane for a more detailed explanation.

Feeding: Most foods accepted. Commercial sinking formulations and bottom-dwelling live-foods. Frozen foods such as Bloodworm/Brine shrimp.

Water parameters: pH: 6.0-7.5 Hardness: Soft-medium. Max dh: 12.

Temperature: 68ºF to 77 ºF (18-25°C)

Breeding: Unknown

Notes: All Schistura are territorial to greater or lesser degrees, and should be housed in an aquarium featuring multiple hiding places and decor designed to break line of sight between territories. Do not house with delicate species. This species is reported as being less skittish than some other Schistura.


Caption: Schistura unknown03
Credit: KC's Kreativ Computing



Caption: Schistura unknown03
Credit: KC's Kreativ Computing



Caption: Schistura unknown03
Credit: KC's Kreativ Computing

[Mark in Vancouver]

Do we really want to put this profile on the new site? It comes across like the person with the Schistura just can't identify it. There's no information and the photos are not good.

Just asking.

[Martin Thoene]

Yeah....good point. We did say "No more fuzzies" It almost looks like S. corica.

Martin.

[Mark in Vancouver]

As you can see, I moved most of the final descriptions over. We need images of Pangio malayana and P. shelfordii, and there was a note about expanding the breeding description for A. zonalternans. I figure that we can always add more to the new site.

Now we need to figure out descriptions for those remaining on the species index. Not many left!

[Martin Thoene]

As you can see, I moved most of the final descriptions over. We need images of Pangio malayana and P. shelfordii, and there was a note about expanding the breeding description for A. zonalternans. I figure that we can always add more to the new site.

Now we need to figure out descriptions for those remaining on the species index. Not many left!

Yes, I went and looked and thought, "Wow! someone's been busy!"

Mick Wright in Manchester, England has bred A. zolternans just recently. I wouldn't mind betting Graeme's after getting him to give us the info. He bred them in a tank full of marbles so the eggs dropped through. I've seen the pictures.

I was thinking that we circumnavigate here and just put those other missing profiles straight into the other site. As time goes by we'll add more stuff and of course new species will become available and need adding in.

Martin.

[Graeme Robson]

Correct, Martin.

I'll send you the pictures with additional reports on the breeding. I haven't had time to Play with the new site. Knowing my luck, I'll break something.

[Emma Turner]

Errrr, you can't be any worse than me!!!!

[Mark in Vancouver]

I think it's probably prudent to continue adding new profiles via this system. I really like that multiple edits take place here prior to the upload. And I think it's easier to act as a group through this route.

Of course, I edited all the entries I converted as I went.

For any new profiles, though, please DON'T include links at this stage. The linking and cross-referencing is easier to do as you set up new pages on the new site.

Maybe it would be possible to filter the existing species index against that spread sheet off of Fishbase to see which species we just don't have yet. Some of the obvious ones that we need to add are the loaches from the Middle East, Scandinavia, the UK, and North Africa. Even if it's done as an exercise in comprehensiveness... Like the blind cave loaches, they're not for collecting, but it makes the site seem more thorough.