First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by shuwae » Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:29 pm

Love it!
Do you ever see the barbs or danio picking on the loaches?

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:56 am

Thanks!

No nothing picks on the loaches. The P.cheni pics on the G.zebrinus and the barbs chase each other. But I move the barbs to my planted 4ft where there is more of them.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by f1sleepy » Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:40 pm

Beautiful tank and fish! Very jealous.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:55 am

Spotted another +- 9 fry which appeared this week. Very small, <1cm

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Sat Apr 12, 2014 10:22 am

Counted 28 this morning. 2 bigger ones and about 6 medium, rest tiny.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Jim Powers » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:54 am

There always seem to be more than you think. :)
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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:44 pm

Definitely. And I know there will be more in a week or two because I saw spawning a week ago.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:25 pm

Sewellia fry -esitmated 7mm- and some unidentified fry -estimated 2mm- (too small, obviously. By the looks of it it could be half of a human fry as well :P)

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And how the tank looked 4 weeks ago:
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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:14 am

Fry is uncountable now. Tank is doing very well.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by mikev » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:21 pm

Very nice!

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Conorluc » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:18 am

Love this tank was the inspiration for my new aquascape.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:14 pm

Thanks! It is an honor!

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:36 am

Couple of shots this weekend.

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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Jim Powers » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:30 pm

Nice!
This week I found what I think are Sewellia sp. Spotted fry for the first time in one of my tanks. :D
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Re: First Hillstream tank (loaches and Gobies)

Post by Danelle Vivier » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:59 pm

Fantastic! I'd go great lengths to get my hands on some other species. There were 2 S. speciosa in a shop a while ago but went to a ''breeder'' before I found out about them :(

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