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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite
substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message
... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of (submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks. http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed... make sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus! http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:07:40 GMT, Dunter Powries wrote:
Victor Martinez wrote in message ... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of (submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks. http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed... make sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus! http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html I'd have to say I'd recommend the Yo-Yo Loach (Botia almorhae) a.k.a Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata. I've had three of these guys in my tank for well over a year and they've just about maxed out in size at 4.5 inches. They have good temperaments and have never bothered the other tank residents. At most, I've just seen them "play" with other tank residents, swimming back and forth the length of the tank in a cute and playful way. I've seen them eat snails . . . mostly smaller ones, but if you have larger snails you want to treat them with, then just crunch the shells and let it drop to the bottom. The Yo-Yo's will eat this up after lights out. Further Info: http://loaches.com/species_pages/botia_almorhae.html http://www.aqualink.com/columns/k-loach1.html Hope This Helps! Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ -- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:07:40 GMT, Dunter Powries wrote:
Victor Martinez wrote in message ... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of (submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks. http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed... make sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus! http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html I'd have to say I'd recommend the Yo-Yo Loach (Botia almorhae) a.k.a Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata. I've had three of these guys in my tank for well over a year and they've just about maxed out in size at 4.5 inches. They have good temperaments and have never bothered the other tank residents. At most, I've just seen them "play" with other tank residents, swimming back and forth the length of the tank in a cute and playful way. I've seen them eat snails . . . mostly smaller ones, but if you have larger snails you want to treat them with, then just crunch the shells and let it drop to the bottom. The Yo-Yo's will eat this up after lights out. Further Info: http://loaches.com/species_pages/botia_almorhae.html http://www.aqualink.com/columns/k-loach1.html Hope This Helps! Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ -- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:07:40 GMT, Dunter Powries wrote:
Victor Martinez wrote in message ... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of (submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks. http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed... make sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus! http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html I'd have to say I'd recommend the Yo-Yo Loach (Botia almorhae) a.k.a Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata. I've had three of these guys in my tank for well over a year and they've just about maxed out in size at 4.5 inches. They have good temperaments and have never bothered the other tank residents. At most, I've just seen them "play" with other tank residents, swimming back and forth the length of the tank in a cute and playful way. I've seen them eat snails . . . mostly smaller ones, but if you have larger snails you want to treat them with, then just crunch the shells and let it drop to the bottom. The Yo-Yo's will eat this up after lights out. Further Info: http://loaches.com/species_pages/botia_almorhae.html http://www.aqualink.com/columns/k-loach1.html Hope This Helps! Regards, ~*~ Vosklady ~*~ -- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
~*~ Vosklady ~*~ wrote:
Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata. I've had three of these guys in my tank for well over a year and they've just about maxed out in size at 4.5 inches. They have good temperaments and have never bothered I have yoyo loaches in my big tank, but I think they might be too big for a 20g tank. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants:78108
~*~ Vosklady ~*~ wrote in message ... On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:07:40 GMT, Dunter Powries wrote: Victor Martinez wrote in message ... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he Horsehead loach: Acantopsis choirorhynchus I THINK I have two in my 75-gallon - entire weeks go by that I don't see them. They don't actually eat any snails, but they eat every speck of (submerged) snail spawn - I have to raise my redramshorns in a separate tank. They're my favorite loach for planted tanks. http://pages.prodigy.net/rahill0/spe...orsefaced.html There's some confusion between horsehead, horseface, and long-nosed... make sure you're getting A. choirorhynchus! http://www.loaches.com/species_pages...othynchus.html I'd have to say I'd recommend the Yo-Yo Loach (Botia almorhae) a.k.a Pakistani Loach and formerly known as Botia Lohachata... AY YAI YAI!!! I have two - they're over four years old now, easily over five inches each, and WILL NOT DIE! - that are murder in a planted tank! I keep them in a 15-gallon tank full of rocks now. I was never able to have stem cuttings in with them because they'd instantly uproot them, and I still start to tear up when I remember what they did to a particularly nice lileaopsis lawn a couple of years ago. Mine will eat ANY size snail and, in fact, it's their favourite pastime, worrying snails out of their shells. The only thing I'll say for them is that I never had to worry about removing a dead fish from the tank because they'd inevitably have it stripped clean by morning. Now that they've gotten big, they've slowed down a little... but... I STILL don't trust 'em! kush |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Try http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...21&pCatId=1590
They have some beautiiful loaches I have this one and he doesn't bother anything he is pricey but wonderful "Victor Martinez" wrote in message ... Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. -- Victor Martinez Send your spam he Email me he |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message ...
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. Normally these are the best, B. striata. Nice, peaceful, schooling, not too mean to eachother, available and don't cost too much. Dwarf loaches are great(cost alot though). Dojo's, golden's are very very nice fish as are the others in that family. Kuli's are nice also. There a number of Noemachilius sp and similar families that are now common in the trade. I had horseface loaches in the past with large sword plants etc, they acted as worms like in a marine DBS substrate keeping it from compacting etc.Smaller plants will be uprooted by these though. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message ...
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. Normally these are the best, B. striata. Nice, peaceful, schooling, not too mean to eachother, available and don't cost too much. Dwarf loaches are great(cost alot though). Dojo's, golden's are very very nice fish as are the others in that family. Kuli's are nice also. There a number of Noemachilius sp and similar families that are now common in the trade. I had horseface loaches in the past with large sword plants etc, they acted as worms like in a marine DBS substrate keeping it from compacting etc.Smaller plants will be uprooted by these though. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message ...
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. Normally these are the best, B. striata. Nice, peaceful, schooling, not too mean to eachother, available and don't cost too much. Dwarf loaches are great(cost alot though). Dojo's, golden's are very very nice fish as are the others in that family. Kuli's are nice also. There a number of Noemachilius sp and similar families that are now common in the trade. I had horseface loaches in the past with large sword plants etc, they acted as worms like in a marine DBS substrate keeping it from compacting etc.Smaller plants will be uprooted by these though. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message ...
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. Normally these are the best, B. striata. Nice, peaceful, schooling, not too mean to eachother, available and don't cost too much. Dwarf loaches are great(cost alot though). Dojo's, golden's are very very nice fish as are the others in that family. Kuli's are nice also. There a number of Noemachilius sp and similar families that are now common in the trade. I had horseface loaches in the past with large sword plants etc, they acted as worms like in a marine DBS substrate keeping it from compacting etc.Smaller plants will be uprooted by these though. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
Victor Martinez wrote in message ...
Hi. I used to have B. striata in my 20g long planted tank (fluorite substrate), but I moved them to the big tank. Now I have too many snails in the little tank, so I'm thinking of adding 1-3 small loaches to be permanent residents. Which species would you recommend? The tank has 4 species of shrimp in it, some ottos and 3 pigmy cories. And thousands of snails, 3 different species. Any help would be most appreciated. Normally these are the best, B. striata. Nice, peaceful, schooling, not too mean to eachother, available and don't cost too much. Dwarf loaches are great(cost alot though). Dojo's, golden's are very very nice fish as are the others in that family. Kuli's are nice also. There a number of Noemachilius sp and similar families that are now common in the trade. I had horseface loaches in the past with large sword plants etc, they acted as worms like in a marine DBS substrate keeping it from compacting etc.Smaller plants will be uprooted by these though. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Loach recommendation for small planted tank
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Try http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...21&pCatId=1590 They have some beautiiful loaches I have this one and he doesn't bother anything he is pricey but wonderful I have two of those in my 110g tank, both are over 4" long. Too big for the small tank. I might settle on B. sidthimunki (sp?) -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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