Who would be happiest?

**Wild Turkey** · 01-17-2009, 01:30 AM

There are a lot of tetra types out there..
heres some of the more common ones with pics though
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ad.php?t=33956

**Dave66** · 01-17-2009, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by Glub

I like your thinking...

So if I wanted to go as native species as I could for the kuhli's environment and tankmates, what biotope would I be looking to recreate?

Could I get an example of a river and some information about its waters where the khulis can be found so I can look up what else actually lives in that water?

I think I just found a new aspect to this project

Glub,
Kuhli Loaches are from Indonesia, Java and Borneo specifically, like a great number of Cryptocoryne plants are. Many, many barbs and rasboras are from there as well. A biotope tank would duplicate a small, forest stream, with mud and/or gravel bottoms, a carpet of Crypts on the bottom, and bogwood and rounded stones. A gentle linear flow via power heads would duplicate the stream.
I've got a picture of the kinds of creeks, ditches and streams those fish come from floating around on one of my external drives. I'll post it if I can find it.
Your kuhlis: http://www.loaches.com/species-index/pangio-kuhlii

Dave

**Taurus** · 01-17-2009, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Dave66

Glub,
Since the loaches are SE Asia fish, perhaps you'd like to stay in continents and go with a Rasbora school. Lots of pretty fish in the group, and as they like different strata in the aquarium, you could go with 18 Harlequins and perhaps 8 dorsocellatus in your 29, and if well-planted, could be a stunning tank. The harlequins like a level about in the lower third, the dorsocellatus the upper third.

Dave

Obiously, I love Harelquins! I wish more members of the Rasbora family were commonly available!

**Glub** · 01-17-2009, 08:22 PM

Thanks, I think it would be best if I went with the biotope idea.

Fish would be happiest, and gives me some guidelines on what to put in there.

I found these sites to have some interesting information for anyone else interested in setting something like this up.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume...iotopes_p1.htm

http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope_thai_creek.htm

Mind you, I don't know if it's accurate or not.