Tank for Asian Fish Species
Posted: 21 Feb 2025, 11:52
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
