Thailand Fastwater Biotype

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grokefish wrote:I would leave out the algae eaters, the tank would be awesome with everything covered with a good layer of nice green algae.
I don't intend to add anything else fish-wise (with the exception of maybe more of the O.canarensis) - am not that keen on the Garras anyway and they would only add to the food competition for the Glyptothorax.

Nate - pics will follow soon!
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Hi Martin,
Rather than send you another PM, I thought I'd ask how the Opsarius and increased Glyptothorax groups are doing, 13 days on since your last update? :d
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Sorry, been busy with other bits. Opsarius all doing great, but for reasons unknown have lost the three small Glyptothorax over the past few days, which am gutted about but the three larger ones are fine. Will definitely take some shots tonight and upload them.
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Two photos, showing how the tank looks now. The powerhead is hidden on the left behind the wood, and am also running 2 externals.
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Looking great, cobbles on top of the sand with boulders appears to work well, unlike my sand dune effect! The Opsarius look like they are doing really well and schooling nicely too, leaving the Pearls alone by the looks of it. :D

Sorry to hear about the Glyptothorax losses, fingers crossed it is nothing catagious. :(
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N0body Of The Goat wrote:Looking great, cobbles on top of the sand with boulders appears to work well, unlike my sand dune effect! The Opsarius look like they are doing really well and schooling nicely too, leaving the Pearls alone by the looks of it. :D

Sorry to hear about the Glyptothorax losses, fingers crossed it is nothing catagious. :(
Yes, the pearls stay clear of them but all seem quite happy living in the same confines.

Yes, me too - its odd as they have been doing really well and out feeding regularly, the three larger ones seem happy enough, so really not sure what's going on. Am keeping an eye on them closely.
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After the loss of the three original G.siamensis, and the fact that I was up that way, I stopped by at Peir earlier today and picked up two more the larger specimens he has in, so have gone back up to 5. I was very tempted by the Zaco platypus, and some other Barilius but decided against them, even though they were both great looking fish (especially the Zaco).
So, things are just ticking along, I've move the Koralia higher up so that it creates much more surface movement but apart from that, it seems to be doing really well.

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I was very tempted by the Zaco platypus
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Those are beauties, one of the fish that tempted me when I was there recently.

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Hope these larger two new Glyptothorax work out, Martin. :-BD
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N0body Of The Goat wrote:Hope these larger two new Glyptothorax work out, Martin. :-BD
Yes, me too. It's certainly a mystery how they did so well until I introduced the three larger ones, then just popped their clogs over a really short period, yet the three larger ones are fine. Maybe they were being bullied at night? Will never know but fingers crossed the group of five stay just that! How's the garage tank? Any new additions since I re-homed the Opsarius?
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Only new fish gone down to the 5x2x2 are my Pantodon buchholzi and female Aplocheilus Lineatus that had to be rapidly moved out of the Rio240 after a major panick... I was absolutely convinced I saw my female Golden Wonder swallow two of my new Phenacogrammus cf. nigropterus whole within minutes of their introduction! :-O (I later found all 7 "present and correct," but the illusion shock was enough for me to move out all the predators (sadly my final female Parmabassis pulcinella died in the 5x2x2 after the move, her healing wound got re-infected). Besides the rare tetras, I also came home with a captive bred duo of Steatocranus tinanti youngsters (very outgoing compared to S. casuarius) and ten diurnal "water surfing junkies" Microsynodontis sp. 1 who are great to watch.

So I'm now left with a bit of a dilemma in the 5x2x2, with having my four Ctenopoma aciturostre (possibly 1 occellatum) and the Pantodon down there, as regards a midwater school. I'd love to get a group of Brycinus longipinnis, but I wonder if they will be too zippy and aggressive at feeding time, so I'm wondering if Phenacogrammus interruptus would be a better choice (often recommended for African oddball tanks including bushfish and Butterly Fish).
Another possibility, if I can source enough of "the real deal", is to get a big school of Pareutropius debauwi. Their larger adult size compared to P. buffei could make all the difference in terms of not being eyed up as "live lunch", but then these guys would do better with a confident dither around them.
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