Guess what I found at Walmart,More Hillstreams, new pics

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:01 am

Are there any places in the US that ship healthy wuis?

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:19 am

What is the weight / amount of "a small tray"?

No idea Tom, but it was a styrofoam tray about 4" by 7" with a single layer of snail flesh extracted from the shells whole. They're quite rubbery little critters

I'm guessing maybe 500grams???

Martin.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:03 pm

Tom: wuis tend to show up as contaminants so I have never seen a reliable source.
I stopped at a couple of Walmarts today and saw only a handful of unhealthy beaufortia at one of them. Maybe next week some Vanmanenia will show up. I certainly hope so.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:36 pm

As for dithers, I got 10 of these guys, they seem happy enough.
http://www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio12.asp

Tank has cycled completely saw a ammonia spike for about 15 minutes ant then all results were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 2 nitrates, ph 7 temp 68.7-71.1 F (unheated)

Those danios were sold as "Purple Passion" $0.50 each

Graeme Robson · Post by **Graeme Robson** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:43 pm

Another nice find with the Danio roseus! I've had these on order in our lfs for ages!!.

Martin Thoene · Post by **Martin Thoene** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:39 pm

Nice Tom! I have some of these.

They're ideal River-Tank dithers because they live at the base of waterfalls in nature.

Martin.

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:54 pm

Very nice!!
I have some of those too and they will love the flow.
The colors are impressive too, especially on the males.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:06 pm

Martin wrote:They're ideal River-Tank dithers because they live at the base of waterfalls in nature.

Thats what I read earlier and the guy at the LFS said that they were going to love the river tank.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:15 pm

After much observation, i think the ID for the danios is wrong. This is what I havehttp://www.danios.info/Contents/species/danio19.asp

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:22 pm

Those are very nice, too.
However, the name "Purple Passion Danio" is used for Danio roseus so you may actually have them.
I would give them a little time to color up so that you can be sure of the ID.
Either way you have fish that will enjoy the river tank.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:30 pm

Either way, I'm glad to have them, and they are loving the current.

The reason I believe they are the second danio species is the presence of the orange line on the anal fin, mine have more of a purpley sheen compared with that picture, but look very very similar.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:44 pm

Any of you order any hillies from here http://www.franksaquarium.com/loaches.htm ?????

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:26 pm

The reason I believe they are the second danio species is the presence of the orange line on the anal fin, mine have more of a purpley sheen compared with that picture, but look very very similar.

That doesn't sound like roseus then.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:23 am

Maybe Martin will chime in. I'll see if I can get decent photos today. Like I said, either way they like the current, and I like them.

tglassburner · Post by **tglassburner** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:39 am

These are the best shots I could get. I hope these help.

Tom

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