Anyone familiar with these fish? My LFS has some for sale, and it seems almost too good to be true...an algae eater that stays around 2 to 3 inches, peaceful, and loves a strong current. Do they eat any sinking foods? I read their mouths are small. I have some information on my tank, and hopefully someone can tell me if one of these would be right for my tank.
I have a 29 gallon, and the tank has a soft sand substrate, slate rocks, and plants. There is a huge amount of current from two Aquaclear 50 over-the-back filters, a Aquaclear 50 powerhead, and a airstone. It has a 14watt full spectrum light that stays on from sunrise to sunset, and two full spectrum 23 watt mini CFL bulbs on for 7 hours a day. The tank also gets some direct sunlight in the late afternoon hours in a well lit room.
It does grow algae, and I have just been using a scrubber sponge to clear it off the glass. The water should be high in oxygen, and more plants are sprouting up each day. Right now the only occupants are cherry barbs, danios, and a small school of corys. My proposed stock list is 3-4 cherry barbs, 7-8 zebra danios, 7 bronze corys, and 1 tiger hillstream loach.
These are the water peramiters:
Temperature: 75 degrees
GH PPM: 160
KH PPM: 150
PH: 7.0
I cycled the tank for about 2 months before adding fish, and then added a school of danios, and eventually will move the 3 female cherry barbs from my 10 gallon, and perhaps add a male as well.
any thoughts on hillstream loaches would be great!
I have a 29 gallon, and the tank has a soft sand substrate, slate rocks, and plants. There is a huge amount of current from two Aquaclear 50 over-the-back filters, a Aquaclear 50 powerhead, and a airstone. It has a 14watt full spectrum light that stays on from sunrise to sunset, and two full spectrum 23 watt mini CFL bulbs on for 7 hours a day. The tank also gets some direct sunlight in the late afternoon hours in a well lit room.
It does grow algae, and I have just been using a scrubber sponge to clear it off the glass. The water should be high in oxygen, and more plants are sprouting up each day. Right now the only occupants are cherry barbs, danios, and a small school of corys. My proposed stock list is 3-4 cherry barbs, 7-8 zebra danios, 7 bronze corys, and 1 tiger hillstream loach.
These are the water peramiters:
Temperature: 75 degrees
GH PPM: 160
KH PPM: 150
PH: 7.0
I cycled the tank for about 2 months before adding fish, and then added a school of danios, and eventually will move the 3 female cherry barbs from my 10 gallon, and perhaps add a male as well.
any thoughts on hillstream loaches would be great!