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Any of the loach species from the Genus Beaufortia, Gastromyzon, and Sewellia.

Slough Shark, Check out this website http://www.franksaquarium.com/brookstreamloaches.htm I could not find out if they ship to Canada but they have Vaillantella maassi. Good luck!

:welcome: Welcome to AA.

I have a Coralife Aqualight Power Compact Fixture 96W 6700K and one of the fans is not working. Does anyone know how to go about replacing it and where I can get a replacement fan? Thanks for your help. Deborah

Welcome to Fishaholics central :thumbs: My husband (frogfan23) and I used to have a number of aquariums and terrariums about 15 years ago but we got out of the hobby and then... it all started again when a coworker brought a betta and tank to work and then...... we started going back to petstores and then... we reset up an old tank we had for a couple of African Clawed Frogs and then.... I saw ropefish and researched them and then... to make a long story short we now have: 23G tropical community 50G African clawed frog (ACF) 5.5G Red Cherry Shrimp 75G tropical community (with ropefish!!!) 10G Macro shrimp 29G Shubunkin (summer ACF home) 15G Axolotl 40G river (stream) biotope (hillstream loaches) 150G indoor Koi pond (a refitted very old freezer) :welcome: to a group of people who really love their fish!

Once he is out of quarantine (he is in a hospital tank with some other new fish) he will be in a tank with fish that will be his size or larger and some of them can be ornery cusses too -roll- Thanks for all your help.

Thanks for your help. Looks like this tank is going to be quite an interesting experience. I was at BA's today and picked up a Stigmatogobius sadanundio (Knight Goby or Double Fin Goby). He/she seems to be fitting in well so far. Thanks again.

Thanks for the quick response jvision . The problem is that the ecology is none too clear. They just say Malaysia or Australia and are not clear on whether the fish live in brackish or fresh water, whether they live in slow moving rivers, deltas, or mountain streams. It doesn't talk about pH or water temperature or anything like that. So any other help would be greatly appreciated. Hope you had a great Christmas. :drool: (This is how I feel after all the turkey lol)

I am trying to find information on freshwater gobies that live in streams. I have been able to find ecology, physiology and taxonomic information but have been unable to find information on keeping these fish in the aquarium. The species names I have found are: Pseudogobius avicennia Pseudogobius dispar Pseudogobius melanostictus Pseudogobius olorum Pseudogobius penango Any information would be appreciated. Deborah

Welcome back :welcome:

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I am a new member (only been here since end of November) but I have found the moderators do an excellent job and the members have been incredible. I have met 3 members in person and they were all great. I also lurk and have only seen one instance of "sniping" - excellent job! This is the first forum I have been part of and I think everybody is grrrreeeaaatttt! :thumbs: Thanks Deborah

Hi, Did you try Family Pet Supercenter in Sherwood Park? I think they have the zebra loach but often call them botia striata. I'm pretty sure I saw them there about a week ago. They are better than the Yo Yo's because they don't get quite as big or rambunctious.

My husband is somewhat of a shrimp nut and he says that this shrimp is a Macrobrachium rosenbergii. They are a very large species that are used in the food trade. They are very aggressive and will kill your betta and the amano shrimp. They should be in a species only tank. For more information try http://www.petshrimp.com/ but be aware that they are very strict about posting and will expect you to search their forum for the answer before posting questions and if you don't you will be banned. They are a very informative site. The owner and moderator of the site is a very knowledgeable shrimp-keeper. Deborah

Otocinclus do an incredible job of cleaning up brown algae, but if you are making this into a Bornean stream biotope, you may not want a group of otos increasing your bio load. I look forward to hearing how setting up your biotope goes. I am planning to set up a 40 gallon for a Bornean stream biotope to contain Gastromyzon, Sewellia, and Beaufortia species. Deborah

Hello, welcome :welcome: to AA. What kind of fish and tanks do you have?

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome: :welcome: This is a great group. I hope you enjoy!

It is nice to have someone else who is new to this forum. This group of people are really welcoming and knowledgeable. :welcome: Roger

Thanks for the welcome! There is a great article at <a href="http://www.loaches.com/articles/hillstream...n-the-fast-lane" target="_blank">http://www.loaches.com/articles/hillstream...n-the-fast-lane</a> that shows how to create one-way flow without drilling holes in the tank. If you want to share more ideas we should probably move to the appropriate forum but I have some great, inexpensive ideas to make the thing rock! Deborah I really like that site and the filter idea, though I can't use it, I think it really rocks. My river tank idea is a display tank and I have to have all equipment out of the tank, including the heater. I'm also a glass worker so drilling holes in glass is second nature to me. I too have what I think (lol) are some good ideas and agree that we should move to the proper place and hopefully others will join in on the info action. I look foward to sharing ideas with you. I sounded a bit egotistical didn't I :& (sorry I am new at this). It may not be such a good idea to let people know you work with glass though (lol).

Thanks for the welcome! There is a great article at http://www.loaches.com/articles/hillstream...n-the-fast-lane that shows how to create one-way flow without drilling holes in the tank. If you want to share more ideas we should probably move to the appropriate forum but I have some great, inexpensive ideas to make the thing rock! Deborah

This may sound girlish but..... I love their face!

My name is Deborah and I have been in and out of aquariums and terrariums for about 15 years. My husband is FrogFan23 and he raves about this forum so I thought I would get involved. I currently have a 75 gallon tank with 2 ropefish (they are great!), 2 giant oto's (Hypoptopoma sp.), 4 regular otos, 2 negro otos, 1 Spotted Raphael catfish, 2 Synodontis petricola catfish, 1 Syndontis multipunctatus catfish, a number of striped and black kuhli loaches (they are great but I never see them), 2 Red-tail banded loaches, and some livebearers (to entertain and feed the ropefish!). I am fascinated by loaches (particularly the hillstream species) and catfish. I am hoping to set up a 40 gallon "river tank" for hillstream loaches and would appreciate any DIY tips and tricks. I am looking forward to learning from all of you. :thumbs: