[Krispyplants]

Anyone have any success with these in smooth flowing water? I really really reeeeealy want one but I'm afraid that if I add another power head in my tank then it may effect some stuff. :icon_cry:

 

[chunkychun]

I have one with no problem in a 36gal with eheim 215 filter only.

 

[wicca27]

they dont have to have alot of fast water just alot of oxygen. so extra air stone wont hurt. i had 2 in my 55 with fairly low flow due to angels. and they did just fine.

 

[plaakapong]

Which species are you referring to? "hillstream loach" could be any one of dozens of different sp.

 

[Krispyplants]

G. ctenocephalus is what I want

 

[mistergreen]

They're pretty hardy. Loach don't like co2 though. Best it's a low tech tank.


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[Krispyplants]

:confused1: But I love co2... Sponge filter plus powerhead should even it out?

 

[wicca27]

its pointless to use both though. water movement makes the co2 leave the water fast so its pointless to use it if you have air and power heads

 

[Krispyplants]

lol that's right but I already have a sponge filter in there running to break the oily surface so an extra power head wouldn't hurt :icon_smil

 

[aquariumhobbyist]

Wait, so these don't need fast flowing water? And here I was getting a filter with a 17x turnover rate...

So then what is the secret to keeping these guys long term? Is good oxygenation enough in a regular aquarium (which can be easily achieved by sticking in an additional airstone with an air pump) or should the nitrates be really low too?

 

[Krispyplants]

I have no experience but will opinionate this... They either need highly oxygenated smooth flowing water or a little more water flow with co2 injection to my understandment Either way we both can still be wrong depending on the species that you stock. It's kinda like from a Danio to a discuss type of thing. Some can make it through what ever but others just need a little more cleaning to keep the ammonia down from interfering with oxygen and co2. I believe that if your water is clean then you should be good to go. Just don't have a still tank with co2 and a weak filter.