![]() ![]() I like the youtube tank I think it's quite a nifty way of doing it. I've also found out that the weather (dojo) loach is on the black list, so he is off my list (unfortunately because they look really cool!).Īs for design, I've looked at the pvc manifold as per Reefer's post (if I'm not mistaken it comes from but would actually like to have a tank without any equipment in it. Otos come from South America, so I would rather avoid them - I am aiming to get as close to a biotope tank as possible. I'll have a look at some of the other loaches, but am nervous to get too many fish that eat algae. I assume you have to clean these REALLY well coming from there? Photos I've seen of hillstream loaches' natural environment show bare rock face and boulders! I'll go to Harties (below the dam wall?) to look for some nice rocks, thanks for the tip. ![]() I was also thinking of some valis and maybe some java fern, but not too much since there usually aren't many plants in high flow areas. High flow rate (I read somewhere 1m/s?) with some nice smooth rocks with lots of algae on. Good luck and please post progress on this system because it's something I'd love to do someday! I found it on youtube, so just look for it there. That system just put the powerheads at the one point where the water entered and pretty much made the tank into a big loop. One uses PVC pipes under the substrate with sponges on one side and powerheads on the other, and the other system had a sheet of glass about 10cm away from the back of the tank running nearly the entire length. Have you got an idea of how you're going to design the tank yet? Because I've seen two very effective systems for river tanks so far. They'll also go very well with other Asian biotope fish, especially the riverine fish, so you can add loaches (look for a school of smaller ones like zebras or polka dots, kuhlis also love high flow) and Siamese Algae eaters and Otocinclus and danios. I got a bunch of big black ones from a friend in Hartbeespoort who lives on the river. So see if you can get some nice big smooth rocks from a local river. Hillstream loaches like high flow and smooth rocks. But in terms of compatability and suiting the tank, what do you guys think? What suggestions do you have? I'm not really worrying about fish load at this stage because I'm not sure exactly what volume the tank will be. So, I was thinking hillstream loaches, a decent sized school of WCMM, maybe a school of bala shark or Danios and two or three weather loaches. I've also come across Clown loach, Red fin loach (Botia), Zebra Danio (although technically they come from India and Bangladesh), Bala shark, Red-tailed black shark, Flying Fox, Checkerboard Sand Loach and the Dwarf loach. I've also read about weather loaches and think that two or three would go well in such a setup. The White Cloud Mountain Minnow is an obvious choice (although they are from China). I have done quite a bit of research on possible tank mates but I'd like some advice. I would like to set the tank up for the Hillstream Loach, providing them with the conditions they would find in the wild (fast flow, high oxygen levels). I am thinking of a nice long tank, about 2.5 m, with uni-directional flow to simulate a nice fast flowing stream. I am in the planning phase of a project I have been wanting to do for a while now - a river setup. ![]()
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