Tank for Asian Fish Species

[Shovelnose]

Some nonsense shots and videos from a 3 foot tank I set up for a few for Asian fish species early last year. A couple of other loaches and gobies are in there, but show up very rarely. The combination of hyper active loaches and barbs makes for a very busy tank, but there is no shortage of floating debris as there is constant digging. Filtration is via a Hailea internal power filter and a HOB canister filter, there is also a small pump to create gentle current. A CPU fan is on 24*7 to keep the water temperature down.

The tank looks like a full-on Lagenandra and Cryptocoryne graveyard . I am told these are grown emersed initially so they 'melt' and shed leaves over a period of time and slowly regrow (hopefully!). Java fern and moss are doing well although the moss is a bit of an annoyance as it clogs up the filter too often. I probably need to toss in a couple of Psilorhynchus to deal with the algae. The gobies do a decent job but I’ve yet to come across a more effective algae cleaner than Psilorhynchus.


The only catfish, a group of unreasonably shy

Batasio fasciolatus

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Loaches


Botia striata


Mesonoemacheilus triangularis




Serpenticobitis octozona


Schistura cf. balteata




Ambastaia sidthimunki

Gobies




Sicyopterus sp.


Stiphodon sp.


Sicyopus sp.


My favourite aquarium fish. Strangely, this has almost disappeared from the trade and is available only occasionally here.

Barbs include Oreichthys cosuatis, Oreichthys crenuchoides, Pethia punctata and Pethia lutea.

[bekateen]

That is a busy tank! Can you show us a wider photo of the entire tank?

Thanks,
Eric

[Shovelnose]

Hey Eric,



Here you go. I am not really one for aesthetics so bear with the algae.