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capeldrae
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River Tank Manifold/ Khulies

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Does anyone keep there khulies in the above?
I had to put my khulies in the above, the've been there for a couple of weeks now and seem to be enjoying it, as far as I can tell.
I have now got there tank set up but must admitt I'm in second thoughts.
What do you think?
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Post by Ashleigh »

I wouldn't recommend it long term. Pangio sp come from areas of slow moving water, a river tank with manifold are not really ideal conditions.
Although mine enjoy some flow (I have main flow running down the front of my tank, and its more or less still at the back), them seem to prefer hanging off the plants were there is little water movement most of the time.

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Post by capeldrae »

Ashleigh,
If you read the post on breeding khulies, most of it is the opposite of what we thought.
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Post by Ashleigh »

I have read the post (assuming you are meaning Pangio oblonga, yes flow is fine.
But a river maniflow depending on your setup, usually means what Martin has designed for Hillstream tanks. It your flow depends what size of powerheads and length of tank etc none of which was specified. If it was with a lowish output and a long tank it would work. I assumed you were meaning a very high flow environment which would not be ideal in my eyes. Some may have a different view, but I guess its all just trial and error.


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Post by loachmom »

Chefkeith is keeping some kuhlis in his rivertank. His kuhlis stay in the calm areas of the tank.

Here is a thread that has a link to a video showing the flow in that tank.

http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php ... ght=kuhlis
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