I haven't posted about my "river-ish" tank in a while. Today I saw a sewellia lineolata fry! It's about 1/4 inch long & it's fins are just starting to grow into their hillstream loach shape. I haven't seen fry for a couple years, probably about the time I added leopard danios . In fact, that's how I noticed it, a danio was mildly harassing it on the front glass .
I'm pretty sure my gastromyzon ctenocephalus (another hillstream loach) have died out, I haven't seen 1 in a long time (a year or more). I was kind of hopeful, 2 looked the same underneath, 1 different. I got them, the first sewellia juveniles & some gobies from an "AC friend" ~6.5 years ago. The tiny adult gobies died out after a few years (sniff) but I've seen at least 1 of the other, bigger stiphodon gobies this week too. I don't feel very bad about the stiphodon, I knew they wouldn't breed & have fry survive, they need a saltwater period to grow to adults but they were very interesting, fun & pretty fish.
For those that might be interested in hillstream loaches here's my set up: 55g with 2 AC 70s HOBs & a Maxi-Jet 1200 powerhead; lots of live plants. Eco substrate & lots of smooth rocks. It's next to my computer & was my first tank after a coast to coast move. Very different than any tank I'd done before, but extremely fun & interesting ! I'm glad I tried it
I'm pretty sure my gastromyzon ctenocephalus (another hillstream loach) have died out, I haven't seen 1 in a long time (a year or more). I was kind of hopeful, 2 looked the same underneath, 1 different. I got them, the first sewellia juveniles & some gobies from an "AC friend" ~6.5 years ago. The tiny adult gobies died out after a few years (sniff) but I've seen at least 1 of the other, bigger stiphodon gobies this week too. I don't feel very bad about the stiphodon, I knew they wouldn't breed & have fry survive, they need a saltwater period to grow to adults but they were very interesting, fun & pretty fish.
For those that might be interested in hillstream loaches here's my set up: 55g with 2 AC 70s HOBs & a Maxi-Jet 1200 powerhead; lots of live plants. Eco substrate & lots of smooth rocks. It's next to my computer & was my first tank after a coast to coast move. Very different than any tank I'd done before, but extremely fun & interesting ! I'm glad I tried it