considering a hillstream loach (or a few of ‘em hehe).
Ooh fancy powerheads, haven’t seen those kind yet. LOL. I saw that set up, read the article, but they don’t state exactly how much water flow you should have or if you can make do with different setups. I definately want some of these guys, but wasn’t sure if they were something that had to be a “species only” setup. Does anyone out there successfully keep these guys with other kinds of fish? I have a powerhead set aside (it came with the 125 gallon tank for her salt water setup, but she didn’t tell me how fast it is), so I could easily use 1 canister filter and a power head for now, and get another canister filter if it was needed later.
Amber
Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > Loaches.com has a nice Hillstream system here… > http://www.loaches.com/articles/river-tank-manifold-design > > http://www.loaches.com/articles/water-movement-in-the-loach-aquarium > > > This type of system could also be modified to have more water movement on > just one side of the bottom of the tank or just near the bottom and the > upper levels would not see as much water movement. > > You could also just put in a powerhead or two in an area that would > give the > Millstreams’ a fast area without affecting the entire tank. I like them > newer powerheads where they are powered through the glass with the motor > outside the tank and the impeller inside the tank with magnets spinning to > spin the impeller. That also means one less wire and motor in the water. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > ] On > Behalf Of Amber Berglund > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:22 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Q; Bristle nose plecos and NEW: considering a > hillstream loach (or a few of ‘em hehe). > > Movie looks a bit amusing, although I find it easy to lower my sense of > humor most of the time 
Glad to hear your BN’s are fairly peaceful then, > as I’m getting some in the near future. > > I’m working on making one of my tanks into a faster flowing tank to > accommodate some fancy loaches, I’m wondering how my other fish will > adjust > to a faster flowing fish tank now, LOL. I think my danio’s wouldn’t > mind as > they seem to enjoy playing in the out-take current. I know that I couldn’t > keep my female betta in there as it would not be a good environment > for her, > so she will have to go in which-ever tank doesn’t have the loaches in > it. I > know that the loaches like a lower water temp, and most of my fish > would do > okay at 77 degrees too, which is the higher range for the loach I’m > looking > at. I’m looking at the Hillstream loaches (I know there are several > varieties, I’m not picky as to which one just yet, but I do have my > eye on a > couple types). Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could get a > faster > current in my tank to make the hillstream loaches happy but not make > it too > fast for all of my other fish too? I don’t mind going out to find some > large > rocks to put in the tank, and I already have drift wood soaking. > I still have the 55 gallon sitting empty and I could easily get another > canister filter and run 2 canister filters on it to give it a good current > flow, but would that be too much or not enough water flow? I was > thinking of > running 2 magnum 350 (which are 350 gallons per hour) canister > filters. Not > sure how much flow I need to make the loaches happy enough but not too > much > flow for “normal” fish like danio’s, guppy’s, platy’s, which are the fish > that would most likely be joining the loaches in the 55 gallon tank. > I can always go out and find a small tank for my female betta, I’m > sure she > wouldn’t mind being alone too. > > Amber > > Steve Szabo wrote: > > > > Here is the IMDB listing for “The Terror of Tiny Town”: > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030845/ > > > > > > > > In short, it is a short file (63 minutes) and a Western, starring all > > midgets. The only thing that has been shortened for the cast are the > > horses, everything else is normal sized. Short on cinematography, > > short on acting, you need to lower your sense of humor to really enjoy > > it (which, according to my wife is no problem for me). > > > > Let’s see, did I get enough diminutives in there? > > > > I’ve not really seen any fighting in the bristlenose, but I have seen > > one rapidly removing himself from the area of another one on many > > occasions, sometimes with a short chase. > > > > \Steve// > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > ] > > On Behalf Of > > > Amber Berglund > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 10:01 PM > > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Q; Bristle nose plecos > > > > > > No I haven’t seen that one, but now you have my curiosity going > > LOL. > > > > > > Amber > > > > > > Steve Szabo wrote: > > > > > > > > Amber, > > > > > > > > “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”? Probably the best movie ever made > > for > > > > under $100. . BTW, it was out in 1978. > > > > > > > > Since they are relative dwarfs in the pleco family, maybe it would > > be > > > > better to have one bad guy, and do a remake of “The Terror of Tiny > > > > Town” (1938). Have you seen that one? > > > > > > > > \Steve// > > > > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > ] On Behalf Of > > > > > Amber Berglund > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:48 PM > > > > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Q; Bristle nose plecos > > > > > > > > > > Are you getting over run with pleco’s? Good thing they’re the > > dwarf > > > > > kind, if that’s the case, hehe. > > > > > At least they aren’t attacking, then you’d really have to worry > > > > > > > LOL, > > > > > attack of the killer pleco’s (if any of you actually watched the > > movie, > > > > > “Attack of the killer tomato’s” from back in the 80’s, it was a > > horrible > > > > > low budget movie, and yes I watched it, LOL). > > > > > > > > > > Amber > > > > > > > > > > Wendie wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > They actually come in three colors - brown, albino (pale color > > you > > > > > > saw) and a marbled color. With the albino there are blue eyes > > > > > > or > > red > > > > > > eyes. A lot of the home bred BN’s carry the albino gene even > > though > > > > > > they are brown. > > > > > > Wendie > > > > > > PS If you live on eastern Long Island, you can come get all of > > mine! > > > > > > > > > > > > —– Original Message —– > > > > > > From: Darlene > > > > > > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:00 AM > > > > > > Subject: [AquaticLife] Q; Bristle nose plecos > > > > > > > > > > > > are the bristle nosed plecos supposed to be a pale beigey color? > > > > > > or is that an albino? > > > > > > i saw a really nice one yesterday and it was a pretty pale > > color, not > > > > > > sure if that was normal or not. the pictures i saw all showed > > darker > > > > > > plecos …………….. > > > > > > Darlene > >
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